Dictionary

changeful en · ADJ

Etymology

From change + -ful.

Meanings

1. (rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
   • So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Leg and Arm. The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 486:
   • When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], line 99:

Forms

Deriveds

changefulness · unchangeful · changefully

Synonyms

variable · fickle

Translations (7)

sv ombytlig (changing frequently) · ru изме́нчивый (changing frequently) · sv nyckfull (changing frequently) · grc πολύτροπος (changing frequently) · bg постоянно менящ се (changing frequently) · ru непостоя́нный (changing frequently) · bg непостоянен (changing frequently)