Definition of Flakiness

1. Noun. Informal terms for insanity.

Exact synonyms: Craziness, Daftness
Generic synonyms: Insanity
Derivative terms: Crazy, Daft, Flakey, Flaky

2. Noun. Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes.
Generic synonyms: Brittleness, Crispiness, Crispness
Derivative terms: Flaky

Definition of Flakiness

1. n. The state of being flaky.

Definition of Flakiness

1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being flaky ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flakiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flakiness

flakeboard
flakeboards
flaked
flakeless
flakelike
flaker
flakers
flakes
flakey
flakey pastry
flaki
flakier
flakies
flakiest
flakily
flakiness (current term)
flakinesses
flaking
flaks
flaky
flaky pastry
flam
flamage
flambe
flambeau
flambeaus
flambeaux
flambee
flambeed
flambeeing

Literary usage of Flakiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lambs: Their Lives, Their Friends, and Their Correspondence : New by William Carew Hazlitt (1897)
"The similitude in one place of a cod's head and shoulders from its flakiness to a sea-onion is unique. But the whole production deserves study. ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1901)
"flakiness, or that condition of the curd when it can be separated into thin layers, is more or less of a mechanical result arising from the particles of ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1893)
"They judge the curd according to its flakiness or ... I think that is a mistake, because flakiness is due altogether to its mechanical condition, ..."

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