Flightiness
['flaitinis]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
Edited by Cathryn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being flighty.
Edited by Gene
Examples
- And I've heard say Mr. Bulstrode condemns Mrs. Vincy beyond anything for her flightiness, and spoiling her children so. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Sometimes, she added, I think it's just flightiness--and sometimes I think it's because, at heart, she despises the things she's trying for. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Wilma