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flighty

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  1. 1. a. Fleeting; swift; transient. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. guided by whim and fancy Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak. 2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s. guided by whim and fancy Source: ecdict

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