English Dictionary: Flighty | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flighty \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 disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious. Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. --Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. --J. S. Harford. |