Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - flaky
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1. Something that is flaky breaks easily into small thin pieces or tends to come off in small thin pieces. ...a small patch of red, flaky skin. ADJ 2. If you describe an idea, argument, or person as flaky, you mean that they are rather eccentric and unreliable. (INFORMAL) He wondered if the idea wasn’t just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective also flakey (flakier; -est) Date: 1580 1. consisting of flakes ~ snow 2. tending to flake a ~ crust • flakiness noun II. adjective (flakier; -est) Etymology: 4flake Date: circa 1963 markedly odd or unconventional ; offbeat, wacky • flakiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (flakier, flakiest) 1 of or like flakes; separating easily into flakes. 2 esp. US sl. crazy, eccentric. Phrases and idioms flaky pastry pastry consisting of thin light layers. Derivatives flakily adv. flakiness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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