01 a. Fleeting; swift; transient.
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Fleeting; swift; transient.“The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it.” — Shak.
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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.