flakey

[fley-kee]

flak·y

[fley-kee]
adjective, flak·i·er, flak·i·est.
1.
of or like flakes.
2.
lying or cleaving off in flakes or layers.
3.
Slang. eccentric; wacky; dizzy: a flaky math professor.
Also, flak·ey


Origin:
1570–80; 1965–70 for def. 3; flake1 + -y1; sense of def. 3 probably flake4 + -y1, though influenced by flake1

flak·i·ly, adverb
flak·i·ness, noun
non·flak·i·ly, adverb
non·flak·i·ly·ness, noun
non·flak·y, adjective
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un·flak·y, adjective
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Flakey is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
WordNet
flakey

adjective
1. made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" [syn: flaky
2. made of or easily forming flakes [syn: flaky
3. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" 
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