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flighty
/ˈflaɪti/
(
a
.)輕浮的,輕狂的,心情浮動的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Flight·y
a.
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
disordered
fancies
and
extravagant
conduct
;
volatile
;
giddy
;
eccentric
;
slighty
delirious
.
Proofs
of
my
flighty
and
paradoxical
turn
of
mind
.
--
Coleridge
.
A
harsh
disciplinarian
and
a
flighty
enthusiast
.
--
J
.
S
.
Harford
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
flighty
adj
1:
irresponsibly
frivolous
; "
flighty
young
girls
" [
syn
:
flyaway
]
2:
absent-mindedly
irresponsible
; "
he
said
I
was
too
flighty
to
be
a
good
supervisor
" [
syn
:
head-in-the-clouds
,
scatterbrained
]
[
also
:
flightiest
,
flightier
]
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