volage
English
Etymology
From Old French volage, from Latin volaticus.
Adjective
volage (comparative more volage, superlative most volage)
- Fickle, capricious, reckless.
- c.1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue and Tale, in The Canterbury Tales,
- When Phoebus' wife had sent for her leman,
- Anon they wroughten all their lust volage.
- c.1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue and Tale, in The Canterbury Tales,
French
Etymology
Old French, from Latin volaticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔlaʒ/
Further reading
- “volage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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