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flisky

adj

Etymology

From flisk + -y.

Definitions

  1. Frisky

    Frisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.

    • You're like ADAM BLACK's poney, Flisky, and pranky, and no very canny;[…]

  2. Sprinkly

    Sprinkly; flisking.

    • First came fitful scuds of rain, "flisky" rain they call it, loose outriders of the storm, spurning the soft ice, as they dashed by, and lashing the woodman's windows.
    • 'Flisky rain,' Tom announced with dismal satisfaction. 'Be like this all day, I reckons. Drops so tiny you'd think they'd not do more'n wet your hair. But it'll drench you top to end, y'know?'

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