flitsome

English

Etymology

From flit +‎ -some.

Adjective

flitsome (comparative more flitsome, superlative most flitsome)

1. Characterised or marked by flitting
   • 1957, Douglas Rigby, Desert happy:

     A target too flitsome for the other birds, it was an immense success with verdin who clung to it masterfully upside down and not a bit uneasy on that gyrating world, taking his fill and all the while full of warnings to potential intruders, giving vent to an intermittent and extremely loud robin-sized chirping.

   • 2011, Norman Hadley, Stinging the Sepia:

     Unflagging spider versus flitsome moth [...]