FLIGHTY

skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous

(adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained

(adjective) guided by whim and fancy; “flighty young girls”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)

Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.

(of a bird) That flies easily or often.

(obsolete) Swift.

Source: Wiktionary


Flight"y, a.

1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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