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flak⋅y

  [fley-kee]
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–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, flakey

Origin:
1570–80; 1965–70 for def. 3; flake 1 + -y 1 ; sense of def. 3 prob. flake 4 + -y 1 , though influenced by flake 1

Related forms:
flak⋅i⋅ly, adverb
flak⋅i⋅ness, noun
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flak·ey   (flā'kē)   
adj.  Variant of flaky.
flak·y also flak·ey   (flā'kē)   
adj.   flak·i·er, flak·i·est

  1. Made of or resembling flakes.

  2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.

  3. Slang Somewhat eccentric; odd: "that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come" (Village Voice).

flak'i·ly adv., flak'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
flaky [ˈfleki]

  1. mod.
    unreliable. : I'm getting so flaky. Must be old age.
  2. mod.
    habituated to the use of cocaine. (Drugs.) : He looks a little flaky. Look at his eyes and nose.
  3. mod.
    and flako. [ˈfleko]alcohol intoxicated. : Paul was flaky and couldn't drive. , Man is he flako!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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