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flaky

adj
/ˈfleɪki/

Etymology

From flake + -y.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. suffixed as flaky — “flake + -y”

Definitions

  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses

    Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

  2. Unreliable

    Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.

    • I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.

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Derived

flakily, flakiness, flaky pastry, nonflaky, unflaky

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flaky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA