ˈflīd.]ē, -īt], ]i\ adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: flight (I) + -y
1. : fleeting , swift , transient
the flighty purpose never is o'ertook unless the deed go with it — Shakespeare
2.
a. : indulging in or characterized by wild and unrestrained sallies (as of imagination, humor, caprice) : volatile
proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind — S.T.Coleridge
flighty young girls
b. of a horse : restless and mettlesome : skittish
3. archaic : of disordered mind : mildly or transitorily insane