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fickle mistress

noun

Etymology

From fickle + mistress.

  1. derived from maistresse
  2. inherited from maistresse
  3. compounded as fickle mistress — “fickle + mistress”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of cruel mistress.

    • Much as we may glory in [Nature's] crimson dawns and golden sunsets ... we learn sooner or later that she is a fickle mistress who may smile one day and another send fiery darts of anger flashing from the skies.

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