flighty
adj/ˈflaɪti/
Etymology
From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.
Definitions
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
That flies easily or often.
- "We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."
Swift.
- Permanent way and other checks then somewhat slowed down this flighty progress.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for flighty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA