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.
1
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
2
Of a bird 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."2013, Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology:
3
Dated Swift.
- Permanent way and other checks then somewhat slowed down this flighty progress.1962 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
- Derived terms
- flightily, flightiness, unflighty