CHANGE, CHANGEABLE, CHANGED, CHANGING
ADJECTIVES
..888 — WANKLE changeable, unsettled, precarious; unsteady, insecure; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 — TICKLE changeable, unreliable; not to be depended on; uncertain; inconstant; capricious; fickle → now Eng. dial.
1374 — GERFUL changeable; capricious → obs.
1386 — VARIANT changeful in disposition or purpose; inconstant, fickle
1393 — MUABLE changeable, variable; fickle; also, of a ship: unsteady → obs.
1400 — SLIDDERY changing, uncertain, fleeting → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1407 — MOONISH changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical; acting as if under the moon’s influence → obs.
1425 — MUTABLE subject to change or alteration
1450 — ALTERATE changed, altered → obs.
1552 — VARIOUS changeful, variable; undergoing or subject to change or variation; said of things → obs.
1561 — MUTAL changeable → obs.
1601 — SKITTISH changeable, fickle, inconstant; tricky, difficult to deal with or manage
1618 — CANGEANT changing → obs.
1620 — CHANGEANT changing → obs.
1636 — VARIOUS changeable in character; inconstant, unstable; fickle → obs.
1656 — MULTIVOLENT having many different desires, wishes, etc.; changeable, fickle, vacillating → obs.
1662 — TOTTER-HEADED changeful, light-headed, frivolous
1678 — LAPSABLE — LAPSIBLE liable to change; liable to err or fall
1679 — NOVATURIENT desiring changes or alterations → obs.
1681 — WANTON changeable; said of a material substance → obs.
1720 — MUTATIVE relating to change or mutation
1796 — HEBDOMADAL changing every week; fickle, changeable
1798 — VAGARIOUS changing, variable, inconstant → obs.
..19C — WIDDERY-MINDED changeable, vacillating → Eng. dial.
1818 — MUTATIVE given to change; changeable → obs.
1854 — MAWKY changeable, whimsical, capricious; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited → Eng. dial.
1867 — WAFFLE changeable, irresolute; feeble, weak; worthless → Sc.
1872 — BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1873 — CAZZELTY precarious, risky, uncertain; unreliable, fickle, changeable → Eng. dial.
1876 — TEPTIOUS changeable, snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, not to be depended upon → Eng. dial.
1886 — WEATHERCOCKY changeable, fickle, inconstant
1890 — MUTATORY changing, mutable, variable
1905 — TIFLING changeable, unreliable; turning from side to side → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1942 — STANDPAT opposing change → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1949 — EEMERSOME changeable, moody; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition → Sc.
NOUNS
1425 — MUTABILITY disposition to change; variableness, inconstancy, fickleness → chiefly literary & poetic usage
1481 — MUTABLENESS changeableness
1540 — IMMUTATION change, alteration, transformation → obs.
1542 — MUTATION changeableness, fickleness; inconstancy of character → obs.
1548 — VARIETY tendency to change; fickleness; change of purpose or plans → obs.
1563 — UNCONSTANTY changeableness; inconstancy → obs.
1567 — TURNCOAT anything that changes in appearance or colour → obs.
1588 — VANE a constantly changing thing
1607 — VARIOUSNESS changeableness; inconstancy; variability → obs.
1611 — UNCONSTABILITY changeableness; want of stability; inconstancy
1632 — MUTATOR a person who changes; something which effects a change
1652 — MUTABLES things capable of change → obs.
1677 — PARALLAX change, alteration → obs.
1721 — VERSABILITY changeableness → obs.
1761 — VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley → Sc.
1798 — TWIST a change of circumstances
1850 — THE MUTABLE that which is liable to change
1888 — VARIANCY changeability; variance
1905 — CHANGE-UP a change → Amer. dial.
1940 — TWERK a change, usually minor, or variation, esp. of an odd or negative type; a twist → colloq., chiefly US
1942 — STANDPATTISM opposition to or refusal to change → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — CUTOVER a conversion or change to a different system → Amer. dial.
1976 — BUTTERFLY EFFECT the phenomenon whereby a small change in some complex systems can have a large effect at a later time
NOUNS, PERSON
1588 — VANE a constantly changing or unstable person
1594 — CHANGING-PIECE a changeable or fickle person → obs., contemptuous usage
1621 — MOVABLE a changeable person; a person given to moving from place to place, an itinerant → obs.
1632 — MUTATOR a person who changes; something which effects a change
1799 — NEW BROOM a newly appointed person who vigorously sets about making changes in procedures, personnel, etc.
VERBS
1000 — AWEND to change, to alter; to make something different in some particular → obs.
1300 — SKIFT to change one’s place, etc. to undergo shifting, change, or removal → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 — SKIFT to change, to shift or move something → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1393 — FALL to change, to turn into something worse → obs.
1400 — WAIVE ONE’S WIT to change one’s mind → obs.
1400 — WRIXLE to change, to alter; to confound → obs.
1450 — PERMUE to change completely → obs.
1475 — ALTERATE to change, to alter → obs.
1566 — VARIATE to cause to change, to alter → obs.
1575 — TURKEN to alter the form or appearance of; to change, to modify → obs.
1577 — PALTER to change, to shift or alter in position → obs.
1581 — WASH A BLACKAMOOR WHITE to change a person’s fundamental nature → now offensive
1591 — VARIATE to change, to vary → obs.
1598 — PERMUTATE to change or alter → obs.
1608 — PERNE to change one’s opinion, adherence, etc. frequently and insincerely
1613 — IMMUTE to produce a change in; to change, to alter, to transform → obs.
1622 — TURN THE CAT IN THE PAN to change one’s position, to change sides, from motives of interest, etc.
1637 — TACK to change one’s opinion, attitude, or conduct
1652 — COMMUTATE to change → obs.
1662 — MAKE AN ETHIOPIAN WHITE to change a person’s fundamental nature → now offensive
1685 — MUTABILATE to change → obs.
1754 — WASH A NEGRO WHITE to change a person’s fundamental nature → now offensive
1796 — MUTATE to change, to transform → obs.
1819 — SMASH to give change for a guinea, note, or other money → cant
1851 — SCALE to change → Eng. dial. obs.
1867 — HAUL ONE’S WIND to change one’s course of action
1890 — BACK to change, to alter → Eng. dial.
1895 — CASH IN ONE’S CHIPS to change one’s ways → Amer. sl.
1898 — CATCH UP to be changeable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — LEARN ONE’S RECKONINGS AGAIN to change one’s ways → Eng. dial.
..L19 — SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to change course; to stop doing something → UK criminals’ sl.
1900 — DAFFLE to change, to waver → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — PULL A ONE-EIGHTY to make a complete change of direction; to make an about-face → Amer. sl.
1903 — RING to change, to manipulate → sl. (Bk.)
1904 — SCAFFLE to change one’s mind; to go back from a promise or bargain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — SHIFT ONE’S MATTY to change, to alter one’s position or policy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1980 — TWIDDLE to change something in a small way → US computing sl.
1991 — FLIP THE SCRIPT to make an unexpected or dramatic change → US colloq.
1999 — CHANGE ONE’S SKIN to undergo an unlikely change of character (Bk.)
1999 — CHANGE ONE’S SPOTS to undergo an unlikely change of character (Bk.)
2006 — FLIP-FLOP to change direction or intensity → US sl. (Bk.)