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Definition of Flakey
1. Adjective. Made of or resembling flakes. "Flaky soap"
2. Adjective. Made of or easily forming flakes.
3. Adjective. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. "Outre and affected stage antics"
Similar to: Unconventional
Derivative terms: Bizarreness, Eccentricity, Flakiness, Flakiness, Freakishness, Outlandishness
Definition of Flakey
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of flaky) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flakey
1. flaky [adj FLAKIER, FLAKIEST] - See also: flaky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flakey
Literary usage of Flakey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of Fossils by Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1757)
"... in pretty large bundles, are very flakey or foliaceous, fair and of a deep
green colour, near black, ... and flakey appearance, but the flakes are very ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1841)
"The egg emulsion was treated with sulphuretted hydrogen, a few drops of muriatic
acid were then added, and a yellow flakey precipitate fell down. ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"A white flakey precipitate, composed of oxide of lead and gummy or albuminous
parts, was immediately formed ; whilst a compound of oxide of lead ..."
4. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Some of these solid lubricants, as flake graphite or mica, possess a tough flakey
foliated structure which enables them to resist pressure without ..."
5. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Stool flakey, thin, watery ; flakey portion dark yellow; fluid portion dark green,
with light green foam or froth on top, streaked with a white ..."
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