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flitty
English
Etymology
flit +? -y
Pronunciation
Adjective
flitty (comparative flittier, superlative flittiest)
- (archaic) unstable, fluttering
- (slang) Ostentatiously effeminate
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 18:
- The other end of the bar was full of flits. They weren't too flitty-looking—I mean they didn't have their hair too long or anything—but you could tell they were flits anyway.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 18:
Synonyms
(ostentatiously homosexual): camp
References
- flitty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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flinty
English
Etymology
From flint +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl?nti/
- Rhymes: -?nti
Adjective
flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)
- Resembling or containing flint.
- (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
- flinty rock; flinty slate
- Showing a lack of emotion.
- Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Translations
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl?in.t?/
Noun
flinty f
- inflection of flinta:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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