| 释义 |
† ˈflightful, a. Obs.
[f. flight n. + -ful.]
1. Fleeting, transitory, fugitive.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxx. 7 His owne flightfull and tottering felicitie. 1587― De Mornay xxvii. (1617) 479 A light and flightfull ioy.
2. Producing flight; cowardly.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xiii. (1626) 254 Vlysses..Whose flightfull feare did Hector's flames abhor.
3. Well-adapted for flight.
1580Sidney Ps. cxxxix. v, O Sun..Suppose thy lightfull, flightfull wings Thou lend to me. |