flighty

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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flighty (ˈflaɪtɪ)

—*adj* , flightier, flightiest
1.	frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile
2.	mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering
3.	flirtatious; coquettish

'flightily

—*adv*

'flightiness

—n

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Word Origin & History

flighty

1550s, "swift," later (1768) "fickle or frivolous," originally of skittish horses; from flight (1) + -y. Related: Flightiness.

Example sentences

When you first play the game, there's this tutorial with a flighty fairy

telling you how the game works.

The popular answer is industry, rather than flighty finance.

From the perspective of hedge fund managers, funds of funds also proved to be

flighty investors during the crisis.

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Matching Quote

"How truly does this journal contain my real and undisguised thoughts—I always write it according to the humour I am in, and if a stranger was to think it worth reading, how capricious—insolent & whimsical I must appear!—one moment flighty and half mad,—the next sad and melancholy. No matter! Its truth and simplicity are its sole recommendations."

-Frances Burney