FLIGHTINESS

flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness

(noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; “I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flightiness (countable and uncountable, plural flightinesses)

The quality of being flighty.

Source: Wiktionary


Flight"i*ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being flighty. The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.

Syn.

– Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity. See Levity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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