flightinessn.
/ˈflʌɪtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈflaɪdinᵻs/ The quality or state of being flighty; giddy capriciousness, fickleness or whimsicalness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun]
lightnessc1384
levity1564
gaiety1573
light-mindedness?1574
shallowness1590
toyishness1595
lightheadedness1645
ludicrousness1664
unseriousness1672
flightiness1747
flirtishness1750
trivial-mindedness1872
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > in conduct
triflinga1382
dalliance1548
toying1559
legerity1561
dallyingc1680
flightiness1747
coquetry1753
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. i. 8 If my manner does not divert you, as my flightinesses used to do.
1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John xiv. 216 There is a flightiness about our talk as if we disdained the earth.
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