In the beginning of the world they were flightiness.

In the beginning of the world they were flightiness.

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coquetting, dallying, flightiness, flippancy, flirting, flummery, folly, fribble, frippery, frivolousness, fun, gaiety, game, giddiness, jest, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, nonsense, play, puerility, shallowness, sport, superficiality, toying, trifling, triviality, volatility, whimsicality, whimsy

Origin: In ancient Rome, people clipped the wings of pet birds so that they would not fly away. Therefore, for centuries, people have used the expression 'clip one's wings' to mean bringing someone under control. It originates from the practice of shortening flight feathers of domestic and caged birds in order to prevent flight, and therfore loss of birds. To clip someone's wings means to put in place actions or ideas to calm them down, prevent flightiness, make them settle.

abusiveness, adaptedness, adverseness, agelessness, aimlessness, airlessness, airsickness, amativeness, amiableness, amorousness, amusingness, ancientness, animateness, anxiousness, arduousness, artlessness, assuredness, austereness, averageness, awesomeness, awkwardness, balefulness, bashfulness, beardedness, bearishness, beastliness, belatedness, betweenness, biliousness, bindingness, bizarreness, blessedness, bookishness, boorishness, boundedness, breathiness, brittleness, brusqueness, brutishness, bullishness, caddishness, callousness, capableness, carefulness, cleanliness, coltishness, compactness, complexness, conciseness, copiousness, cordialness, correctness, corruptness, costiveness, courtliness, crabbedness, crookedness, crowdedness, crumbliness, crunchiness, cultishness, cunningness, curableness, curiousness, currentness, cursiveness, cursoriness, darlingness, decidedness, deviousness, devotedness, diffuseness, distantness, diverseness, dividedness, doggishness, dolefulness, dollishness, doltishness, donnishness, doughtiness, drunkenness, dubiousness, durableness, dutifulness, earnestness, earthliness, elderliness, elusiveness, emulousness, endlessness, enviousness, equableness, erosiveness, eternalness, ethicalness, evasiveness, extremeness, factualness, faddishness, fatefulness, fatuousness, fearfulness, feelingness, fertileness, festiveness, fictiveness, fidgetiness, finicalness, finickiness, fittingness, flightiness, floweriness, folkishness, foolishness, foppishness, foreignness, foreverness, forgiveness, forlornness, forwardness, franticness, fretfulness, frowardness, fulsomeness, furtiveness, gainfulness, gaseousness, gawkishness, genericness, genteelness, genuineness, ghastliness, ghostliness, girlishness, glaringness, gleefulness, godlessness, godlikeness, gracileness, gradualness, graphicness, gristliness, grouchiness, growthiness, guardedness, gutlessness, haggardness, haplessness, harmfulness, hatefulness, haughtiness, hawkishness, healthiness, heedfulness, heinousness, hellishness, helpfulness, hideousness, hirsuteness, hoggishness, hopefulness, hurriedness, hurtfulness, ignobleness, immenseness, inexactness, ingrownness, inhumanness, initialness, instantness, intenseness, irksomeness, jealousness, jitteriness, joblessness, jointedness, joylessness, knowingness, laggardness, languidness, lastingness, lawlessness, learnedness, lengthiness, liberalness, likableness, liltingness, limitedness, lissomeness, literalness, livableness, logicalness, losableness, loutishness, lovableness, lumpishness, lustfulness, lyricalness, mannishness, marchioness, massiveness, mawkishness, mindfulness, miserliness, movableness, mundaneness, naturalness, naughtiness, needfulness, nervousness, neutralness, noisomeness, nonbusiness, notableness, nothingness, noxiousness, obliqueness, obscureness, obviousness, odorousness, ominousness, onerousness, ongoingness, operoseness, orderliness, outwardness, painfulness, passiveness, paunchiness, peevishness, pensiveness, pepperiness, perfectness, pettishness, piggishness, pinkishness, piquantness, piteousness, pitifulness, playfulness, pliableness, pointedness, pompousness, potableness, preachiness, preciseness, presentness, prickliness, privateness, profaneness, profuseness, prudishness, puckishness, pushfulness, queenliness, radicalness, raffishness, raucousness, raunchiness, raylessness, reddishness, relatedness, relaxedness, repleteness, restfulness, restiveness, retiredness, riotousness, roguishness, roundedness, ruinousness, ruthfulness, ruttishness, saintliness, saplessness, scrappiness, scrawniness, scruffiness, seasickness, selfishness, seriousness, serriedness, servileness, sexlessness, shadowiness, shallowness, shapeliness, sickishness, sightliness, silveriness, sincereness, sinlessness, sinuousness, sizableness, sketchiness, slavishness, slenderness, slouchiness, songfulness, sottishness, soulfulness, specialness, splashiness, springiness, squalidness, squashiness, squishiness, starchiness, stateliness, staunchness, stiltedness, strangeness, streakiness, stringiness, studiedness, stuntedness, stylishness, suasiveness, subacidness, sublimeness, subtileness, supremeness, swarthiness, swinishness, tactfulness, tearfulness, tediousness, teemingness, tenableness, tenuousness, thirstiness, threadiness, thriftiness, throatiness, toplessness, tricksiness, tunableness, tunefulness, typicalness, unawareness, uncanniness, uncleanness, uncouthness, ungodliness, unhandiness, unhappiness, uniformness, unluckiness, unmanliness, unquietness, unreadiness, unsoundness, unusualness, uprightness, uptightness, uselessness, vacuousness, valiantness, variousness, verboseness, viciousness, viscousness, visibleness, voguishness, volubleness, waggishness, wakefulness, waspishness, waywardness, wealthiness, weightiness, welcomeness, willfulness, willingness, wimpishness, winsomeness, wishfulness, wistfulness, witlessness, wolfishness, womanliness, worldliness, zealousness, zestfulness