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Definition of "vacillant" [vac•il•lant]

  • Undergoing vacillation; wavering. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vacillant" in a sentence
  • "Be vacillant over those vigilant who would leave you to belave black on white."
  • ""That ideal, like any other, can only be approached asymptotically, never reached; and I, being somewhat foolish and silly, as well as weak and vacillant, am much less perfect than most.""
  • "Fasse autour d’un grand feu vacillant dans la chambre"