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flagary

flagary noun: silliness; playful or trivial activity.

Noun

flagary (countable and uncountable, plural flagaries)

  1. Silliness; playful or trivial activity.
    • So none of your bantering and flagaries; for have him you must, and have him you shall.1828 January, The Ettrick Shepherd, “Trials of temper”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 23, page 46
    • Deed, Laird, ye had better put this flagary out o' your head, and settle yoursell quietly.1828, M. Corbett, Tales and Legends - Volume 3, page 371

Forms of flagary

pluralflagaries

Questions about flagary

What does flagary mean?
Flagary means silliness; playful or trivial activity.
What part of speech is flagary?
Flagary is a noun.
What is the plural of flagary?
The plural of flagary is flagaries.

Words near flagary in the dictionary

  1. flag-waver
  2. flag-wavers
  3. flag-waving
  4. flagacious
  5. flagaries
  6. flagary
  7. flagball
  8. flagbearer
  9. flagbearers
  10. flagbearership
  11. flagbearerships

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