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mutable

mu·table

UK/ˈmjuːtəbəl/ US/ˈmjuːtəbl̩/ uncommon

adjective

1.

capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

  • “a mutable substance”
  • “the mutable ways of fortune”
  • “mutable weather patterns”
  • “a mutable foreign policy”
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Origin

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

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