Defn: The state or quality of being flighty.
The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.
Syn.
— Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity.
See Levity.
FLIGHT-SHOT
Flight"-shot`, n.
Defn: The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot,
— about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.
Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.
FLIGHTY
Flight"y, a.
1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.
2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har
FLIMFLAM
Flim"flam, n. Etym: [Cf. Flam.]
Defn: A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.
FLIMSILY
Flim"si*ly, adv.