vacillant
See also: vacil·lant
English
Etymology
From Latin vacillans, present participle of vacillare. Compare French vacillant. See vacillate.
Adjective
vacillant (comparative more vacillant, superlative most vacillant)
- Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vacillant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Participle
vacillant
- present participle of vaciller
Adjective
vacillant (feminine vacillante, masculine plural vacillants, feminine plural vacillantes)
- vacillating
Further reading
- “vacillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
vacillant
- third-person plural present active indicative of vacillō