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FLAKINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flakiness mean? 

FLAKINESS (noun)
  The noun FLAKINESS has 2 senses:

1. informal terms for insanityplay

2. having or breaking into thin crisp flakesplay

  Familiarity information: FLAKINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLAKINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for insanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

craziness; daftness; flakiness

Hypernyms ("flakiness" is a kind of...):

insanity (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)

Derivation:

flakey; flaky (conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("flakiness" is a kind of...):

brittleness; crispiness; crispness (firm but easily broken)

Derivation:

flaky (made of or easily forming flakes)


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