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snowflake

[ snoh-fleyk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
Facetious Slang. a person who is considered unique and deserving of special treatment:
I have twenty-eight special snowflakes in my classroom, and their parents’ demands make teaching impossible!
Slang. a person who is easily offended, overly sensitive, or emotionally fragile:
You snowflakes need to leave your safe spaces and engage with people who disagree with your beliefs.
Meteorology.
1. an agglomeration of snow crystals falling as a unit.
2. any snow particle.
any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop.
snow bunting.

snowflake

/ ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk /

one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow
any of various European amaryllidaceous plants of the genus Leucojum, such as L. vernum ( spring snowflake ), that have white nodding bell-shaped flowers

First recorded in 1725–35; snow + flake ¹

The BBC judged the Opening Ceremony to be a success, apart from the “slightly misbehaving snowflake.”

No matter: the show must go on, and it did, beginning with “Snowflake-gate.”

To be sure, Obama is no privacy-ignoring, union-suppressing political snowflake.

The resulting children have come to be called snowflake babies.

When the formation of the drop of water or snowflake begins, the mass is very small.

When Snowflake came to the cave dragging the handsome reindeer, the people shouted for joy.

And when they had knocked off the beautiful antlers, they gave them to Snowflake and changed her name.

Snowflake learned her lessons well and she found new ways of doing things.

Draw one of these pictures:—Snowflake finds a reindeer caught in the vines.Antler teaches the children to set traps.

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