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Definition of Flakiness
1. Noun. Informal terms for insanity.
Generic synonyms: Insanity
Derivative terms: Crazy, Daft, Flakey, Flaky
2. Noun. Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes.
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
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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