flightiness

Noun
Synonyms: arbitrarinesswhimsicalitywhimsywhimseycapriciousness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment“I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory”Synonyms: arbitrarinesswhimsicalitywhimsywhimseycapriciousness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flightiness \Flight"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being flighty. [1913 Webster]

The flightness of her temper. --Hawthorne.

Syn: Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity. See Levity. [1913 Webster]

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