adj. (SHAKESPEARE).—Light, giddy, volatile.
1594. SHAKESPEARE, Love’s Labour’s Lost, v. 2. 771. All wanton as a child, SKIPPING and vain. Ibid. (1598), Merchant of Venice, ii. 2. 196. Allay with some cold drops of modesty Thy SKIPPING spirit. Ibid. (1602), Twelfth Night, i. 5. ’Tis not that time of moon with me to make one in so SKIPPING a dialogue.
