flighty

flighty

English

Etymology

From flight +‎ -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaɪti/

Adjective

flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)

1. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
2. (of a bird) That flies easily or often.
   • 2013, Diego Gil, ‎Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology

     "We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."

3. (obsolete) Swift.

Translations

given to silly ideas

Asturian: antoxadiegu m, antoxón m, antoxadiega f, antoxona f Bulgarian: вятърничав (bg) (vjatǎrničav), лекомислен (bg) (lekomislen) Chinese: Mandarin: 輕浮 (zh), 轻浮 (zh) (qīngfú) Czech: nestálý, přelétavý Esperanto: facilanima

Finnish: kevytmielinen German: flatterhaft (de), schrullig (de), albern (de) Greek: ελαφρόμυαλος (el) m (elafrómyalos), επιπόλαιος (el) m (epipólaios), φαντασιόπληκτος (el) m (fantasiópliktos) Irish: aerach, aidhmeannach, arduallach Russian: взбалмошный (ru) (vzbalmošnyj) Spanish: caprichoso (es), necio (es)

(of a bird) that flies easily or often

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hyvä lentäjä

Irish: eitleach Occitan: voladís, volaire Spanish: volador (es)