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flytings

flytings is the plural of flyting.

Meaning of flyting

Noun

flyting (plural flytings)

  1. Contention, noisy argument.
  2. Scolding, rebuke.
  3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.
    • These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature

Questions about flytings

What is flytings the plural of?
Flytings is the plural of flyting.

Words near flytings in the dictionary

  1. flytier
  2. flytiers
  3. flytime
  4. flytimes
  5. flyting
  6. flytings
  7. flytip
  8. flytipped
  9. flytipper
  10. flytippers
  11. flytipping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flytings (page history and authors); flyting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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