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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): /?fla?ti/

Adjective

flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)

  1. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  2. (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."
  3. (obsolete) Swift.

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fanciful

English

Alternative forms

  • fancifull (obsolete)
  • phanciful (obsolete)
  • phancifull (obsolete)

Etymology

fancy +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fæns?f?l/
  • Hyphenation: fan?ci?ful

Adjective

fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)

  1. Imaginative or fantastic.
  2. Unreal or imagined.

Derived terms

  • fancifully
  • fancifulness

Translations

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