Concise English-Russian phrasebook.
weathercock — [weth′ərkäk΄] n. 1. a weather vane in the shape of a rooster 2. a fickle or changeable person or thing … English World dictionary
weath|er|cock — «WEHTH uhr KOK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a device to show which way the wind is blowing, especially one in the shape of a rooster; weather vane. 2. Figurative. a person or thing that is changeable or inconstant, especially one who veers easily to… … Useful english dictionary
Tergiversation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Tergiversation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 change of mind change of mind change of intention change of purpose Sgm: N 1 afterthought afterthought GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 tergiversation tergiversation recantation Sgm: N 2… … English dictionary for students
Changeableness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Changeableness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 changeableness changeableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 mutability mutability inconstancy Sgm: N 1 versatility versatility mobility Sgm: N 1 instability instability unstable e … English dictionary for students
quicksilver — Synonyms and related words: April showers, Proteus, active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, antelope, arrow, aureate, blue darter, blue streak, bouncing, bouncy, brass, brassy, brazen, breezy, brisk, bronze, bronzy, bubbly, cannonball,… … Moby Thesaurus
inconstant — a. [Said of persons.] 1. Changeable, mutable, variable, unsettled, fickle, capricious, vacillating, wavering, unsteady, volatile, mercurial, like a weathercock. 2. [Said of things.] Unstable, mutable, variable, unsettled, uncertain … New dictionary of synonyms
