vacillancy

English

Etymology

From vacillant +‎ -cy.

Noun

vacillancy (usually uncountable, plural vacillancies)

1. (archaic) The quality or state of being vacillant; waveringness
   • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, →OCLC:

     that vacillancy in human souls

References

• “vacillancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• vaccinally