a. Ignorant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and Constant. ] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things;
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,
Inconstant as the shadows we survey! Boyse.
adv. In an inconstant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and Constant. ] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things;
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,
Inconstant as the shadows we survey! Boyse.
adv. In an inconstant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]