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Definition of Flite
1. v. i. To scold; to quarrel.
2. n. Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling.
Definition of Flite
1. Noun. a quarrel, dispute, wrangling ¹
2. Noun. a scolding ¹
3. Verb. to dispute, quarrel, wrangle ¹
4. Verb. to scold, jeer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flite
1. to quarrel [v FLITED, FLITING, FLITES] - See also: quarrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flite
Literary usage of Flite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases by William Carew Hazlitt (1907)
"Lad's love is lassies' delight, and if lads won't love, lassies will flite.
Craven. Lad's Love has a double meaning, being one of the mimes of the ..."
2. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"... term for an amercement where a person, having been a fugitive, returned of
his own accord, or without a license- flite, to scold, to make a great noise. ..."
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