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flittiest

flittiest is the superlative 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 flittiest

What is flittiest the superlative form of?
Flittiest is the superlative form of flitty.

Words near flittiest in the dictionary

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

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