Mutability

//ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being mutable. countable, uncountable

    "He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]"

  2. 2
    the quality of being capable of mutation wordnet

Example

More examples

"He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]"

Etymology

From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.

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