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flitty

English

Etymology

flit +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

flitty (comparative flittier, superlative flittiest)

  1. (archaic) unstable, fluttering
  2. (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.

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)

  1. Resembling or containing flint.
  2. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
    flinty rock; flinty slate
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.
  4. 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

  1. inflection of flinta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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