different between flighty vs imaginative

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.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin im?gin?t?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd???n?t?v/, /-?n?t?v/, /??mæd??n?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ima?gi?na?tive

Adjective

imaginative (comparative more imaginative, superlative most imaginative)

1. Having a lively or creative imagination.
2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
3. False or imagined.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.?i.na.tiv/
• Homophone: imaginatives

Adjective

imaginative

1. feminine singular of imaginatif

Latin

Adjective

im?gin?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of im?gin?t?vus