UrsprungBorrowed from French labile, from Latin lābilis (“slippery”). Doublet of lapsus and lavin.
- prone to strong, unpredictable changes in mood, especially to violent anger; unstable, volatile, unbalanced, labile, etc.
“Var försiktig med den där snubben. Han är labil som fan.” — Be careful with that guy. He's unstable as fuck.
- labile
Formerlabilare(comparative) · labilast(superlative) · labil(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · labilare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · labilast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · labilt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · labilare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · labilast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · labila(indefinite, plural, positive) · labilare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · labilast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · labile(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · labilare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · labilast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · labile(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · labilare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · labilaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · labila(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · labilare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · labilaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)