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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Flighty \Flight"y\, a. 1. Fleeting; swift; transient. [1913 Webster]

    The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]

    Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

    A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. --J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster]