adj. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Fleeting; swift; transient.
adj. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Indulging in flights or sallies of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; fickle; capricious; slightly delirious; wandering in mind.
Fleeting; swift; transient.
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adj. guided by whim and fancy
adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Word Usage
"America's obsession with the superficial and the flighty is a reflection of its excessive preoccupation with entertainment and glamour."