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flighty

adj.
US //ˈfɫaɪti// UK //flˈaɪti// flighty Archaic
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Origin

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

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