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)

Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
(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."
(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)

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