徒あだ人びと

noun

capricious person; fickle person

Archaic noun for a person who is emotionally unstable or changes affections easily. Not used in modern everyday speech; encountered mainly in classical literature or historical contexts.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、「徒あだ人びと」は移うつり気ぎな人ひとを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In classical literature, 徒人 was used as a term for a fickle person.

noun

stylish person

Archaic sense for a person who is fashionable or elegant in appearance. This meaning is also obsolete and found only in older texts.

• 「徒あだ人びと」には、昔むかしはおしゃれな人ひとという意い味みもあった。

  In the past, 徒人 also had the meaning of a stylish person.