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 ] |