mutable
[ myoo-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈmyu tə bəl /
adjective
liable or subject to change or alteration.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
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British Dictionary definitions for mutable
mutable
/ (ˈmjuːtəbəl) /
adjective
able to or tending to change
astrology
of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability
Compare cardinal (def. 9), fixed (def. 10)
Derived forms of mutable
mutability or rare mutableness, noun mutably, adverbWord Origin for mutable
C14: from Latin
mūtābilis fickle, from
mūtāre to change