flighty
[ flahy-tee ]
/ ˈflaɪ ti /
adjective, flight·i·er, flight·i·est.
given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
slightly delirious; light-headed; mildly crazy.
irresponsible: He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.
Archaic. swift or fleet.
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flighty
/ (ˈflaɪtɪ) /
adjective flightier or flightiest
frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile
mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering
flirtatious; coquettish
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flighty
1550s, "swift," later (1768) "fickle or frivolous," originally of skittish horses; from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Flightiness.
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