adjective, flight·i·er, flight·i·est.
- given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
- slightly delirious; light-headed; mildly crazy.
- irresponsible: He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.
- Archaic. swift or fleet.
adjective flightier or flightiest
- frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile
- mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering
- flirtatious; coquettish
1550s, “swift,” later (1768) “fickle or frivolous,” originally of skittish horses; from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Flightiness.