flighty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Acting on silly, sudden ideas rather than careful thought; not reliable.

   She was too flighty to hold down a steady job for very long.

2. 2
   adj

   Easily frightened or excited, especially of horses.

   The young horse was flighty and bolted at every sudden noise.

From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.

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