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flashy

adj
/ˈflæʃi/

Etymology

From flash + -y.

  1. derived from flasshen
  2. suffixed as flashy — “flash + y”

Definitions

  1. Showy

    Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

    • The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.

  2. Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).

  3. Flashing

    Flashing; producing flashes.

    • a flashy light
    • […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Drunk

      Drunk; tipsy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flashy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flashy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at flashy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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