
Noah Webster
Lightness
LIGHTNESS, noun li'teness.
1. Want of weight; levity; the contrary to heaviness; as the lightness of air, compared with water.
2. Inconstancy; unsteadiness; the quality of mind which disposes it to be influenced by trifling considerations.
- Such is the lightness of you common men.
3. Levity; wantonness; lewdness; unchastity.
4. Agility; nimbleness.