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flittier

flittier is the comparative form of flitty.

Meaning of flitty

Adjective

flitty (comparative flittier, superlative flittiest)

  1. (archaic) unstable, fluttering.
  2. (slang) Ostentatiously effeminate.
    • The other end of the bar was full of flits. They weren't too flitty-looking—I mean they didn't have their hair too long or anything—but you could tell they were flits anyway.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 18, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 185

Questions about flittier

What is flittier the comparative form of?
Flittier is the comparative form of flitty.

Words near flittier in the dictionary

  1. flittermouse
  2. flittern
  3. flitterns
  4. flitters
  5. flittery
  6. flittier
  7. flittiest
  8. flittiness
  9. flitting
  10. flittingly
  11. flittings

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