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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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scatty

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æti

Etymology 1

Adjective

scatty (comparative scattier, superlative scattiest)

  1. (slang, Britain) Scatterbrained; flighty.
  2. (Britain, Liverpudlian, slang) messy; filthy; disgusting
Translations

Etymology 2

scat +? -y; see scat (“brief shower of rain”).

Adjective

scatty

  1. (dialect) showery; rainy

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