See fickle on Wiktionary
{ "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "fickle finger of fate" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "fickleness" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "ficklesome" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "fickly" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "fucked by the fickle finger of fate" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "fikil" }, "expansion": "Middle English fikil", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "ficol", "4": "", "5": "fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful" }, "expansion": "Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fike", "3": "le" }, "expansion": "fike + -le", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. 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wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXVI, page 43:", "text": "Still onward winds the dreary way;\nI with it; for I long to prove\nNo lapse of moons can canker Love,\nWhatever fickle tongues may say.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2010, James Murphy (lyrics and music), “Home”, in This Is Happening, performed by LCD Soundsystem:", "text": "As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable." ], "id": "en-fickle-en-adj-187AFbQ-", "links": [ [ "opinion", "opinion" ], [ "allegiance", "allegiance" ], [ "insincere", "insincere" ], [ "loyal", "loyal" ], [ "reliable", "reliable" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heġheġuk", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": 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"sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "변덕(變德)스럽다" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstans" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "instabilis" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "nepóstojan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непо́стојан" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "prómenliv", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "про́менлив" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vaklende" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "skiftende" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ubestemmelig" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vankelmodig" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunard" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunatenc" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "cambiadís" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunatic" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "viradís" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capriciós" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "damdami-mezâj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "دمدمی مزاج" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volúvel" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "caprichoso" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volátil" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capricios" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "schimbător" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nepostojánnyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непостоя́нный" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vétrenyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ве́треный" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pereménčivyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "переме́нчивый" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "leam-leat" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "prevrtljiv" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "nepostojan" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mušičav" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "hirovit" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstante" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "veleidoso" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "voluble" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "pendular" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ombytlig" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "nyckfull" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "balimbing" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "caygın" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "dönek" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "kahpe" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "kaypak" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "nepostíjnyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непості́йний" }, { "_dis1": "99 1", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": 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Cursed. 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change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "հեղհեղուկ" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "njepastajánny", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непастая́нны" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zmjénlivy", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "зме́нлівы" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "khamkheẏali", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "খামখেয়ালী" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "nepostojánen", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непостоя́нен" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "proménliv", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "проме́нлив" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "otmjatašt se", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "отмятащ се" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "多變" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "duōbiàn", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "多变" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "in love", "roman": "bóqíng", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "薄情" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "nestálý" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "přelétavý" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vrtkavý" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunefuld" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vankelmodig" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vægelsindet" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "wispelturig" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "onbetrouwbaar" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "onbestendig" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "grillig" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "onberekenbaar" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "nefidinda" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ailahteleva" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "huikenteleva" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "häilyvä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vaihteleva" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volage" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunatique" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "indécis" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capricieux" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "antolladizo" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "caprichoso" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volúbel" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "unbeständig" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "wankelmütig" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "wechselhaft" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "flatterhaft" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "launisch" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "unstet" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ástatos", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "άστατος" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "evmetávlitos", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ευμετάβλητος" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "hverflyndur" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "óstöðugur" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volubile" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "incostante" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "mutevole" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capriccioso" }, { "alt": "きがおおい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ki ga ōi", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "気が多い" }, { "alt": "きまぐれな", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kimagure na", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "気まぐれな" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "byeondeokseureopda", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "변덕(變德)스럽다" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstans" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "instabilis" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "nepóstojan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непо́стојан" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "prómenliv", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "про́менлив" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vaklende" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "skiftende" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ubestemmelig" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "vankelmodig" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunard" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunatenc" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "cambiadís" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "lunatic" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "viradís" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capriciós" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "damdami-mezâj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "دمدمی مزاج" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volúvel" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "caprichoso" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "volátil" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "capricios" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "schimbător" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstant" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nepostojánnyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непостоя́нный" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vétrenyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ве́треный" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pereménčivyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "переме́нчивый" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "leam-leat" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "prevrtljiv" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "nepostojan" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "prevrtljiv" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mušičav" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "hirovit" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "inconstante" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "veleidoso" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "voluble" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "pendular" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "ombytlig" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "nyckfull" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "balimbing" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "caygın" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "dönek" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "kahpe" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "kaypak" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "nepostíjnyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "непості́йний" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "nestályj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "неста́лий" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "minlývyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "мінли́вий" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zminlývyj", "sense": "quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance", "word": "змінли́вий" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "osthir", "sense": "changeable", "word": "অস্থির" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "changeable", "word": "nestálý" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "changeable", "word": "veranderlijk" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "changeable", "word": "vaihteleva" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "changeable", "word": "changeant" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "changeable", "word": "wechselhaft" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "changeable", "word": "unbeständig" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "changeable", "word": "unstet" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "changeable", "word": "inconstans" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "prómenliv", "sense": "changeable", "word": "про́менлив" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ménliv", "sense": "changeable", "word": "ме́нлив" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "changeable", "word": "taurangi" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "changeable", "word": "skiftende" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "changeable", "word": "lunefull" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "changeable", "word": "cambiadís" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "changeable", "word": "schimbător" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pereménčivyj", "sense": "changeable", "word": "переме́нчивый" } ], "word": "fickle" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/ɪkəl", "Rhymes:English/ɪkəl/2 syllables", "en:Personality" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "fikelen" }, "expansion": "Middle English fikelen", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "nds", "2": "fikkelen", "3": "", "4": "to deceive, flatter" }, "expansion": "Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "ficklen" }, "expansion": "German ficklen", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. 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