volage

English

Etymology

From Old French volage, from Latin volaticus.

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

lovage

French

Etymology

Old French volage, from Latin volāticus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔ.laʒ/
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Adjective

volage (plural volages)

Further reading

“volage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Adjective

volage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular volage)

flying; able to fly

Descendants

→ English: volage
French: volage

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