Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Flaky (Page: 566)

Flak"y (?), a. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. <--2. (of persons) = prone to strange behavior; (of actions) odd or unconventional = offbeat, whacky -->

What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts.
A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.