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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1753

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¶FICKLE, adj.² ? Flattered.Per. 1753 A. Nicol Rural Muse 26:
For I right fickle was and fain, To be sae rous'd.

[? Cf. Eng. fickle, to flatter (13th–16th cent.). The form may have been influenced by Fickle, adj.¹]

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