Flighty
[flahy-tee] /ˈflaɪ ti/
adjective, flightier, flightiest.
1.
given to of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
2.
slightly delirious; light-headed; mildly crazy.
3.
irresponsible:
He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.
4.
Archaic. swift or fleet.
/ˈflaɪtɪ/
adjective flightier, flightiest
1.
frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile
2.
mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering
3.
flirtatious; coquettish
adj.
1550s, “swift,” later (1768) “fickle or frivolous,” originally of skittish horses; from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Flightiness.
Read Also:
- Flim
/flɪm/ noun 1. (Northern English, dialect) a five-pound note
- Flimflam
[flim-flam] /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ Informal. noun 1. a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim. 2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh. verb (used with object), flimflammed, flimflamming. 3. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings. /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ noun 1. […]
- Flimflammer
[flim-flam] /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ Informal. noun 1. a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim. 2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh. verb (used with object), flimflammed, flimflamming. 3. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings. /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ noun 1. […]
- Flim-flam
n. also flimflam, 1530s, a contemptuous echoic construction, perhaps connected to some unrecorded dialectal word from Scandinavian (cf. Old Norse flim “a lampoon”). From 1650s as a verb.
- Flimflammery
[flim-flam] /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ Informal. noun 1. a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim. 2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh. verb (used with object), flimflammed, flimflamming. 3. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings. /ˈflɪmˌflæm/ noun 1. […]