FLITTINESS
Flit"ti*ness, n. Etym: [From Flitty.]
Defn: Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins.
FLITTING
Flit"ting, n.
1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey.
FLITTING; FLYTTING
Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing, n.
Defn: Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]
These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer
Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
Saintsbury.
FLITTINGLY
Flit"ting*ly, adv.
Defn: In a flitting manner.