flaky (redirected from flakiest)

flak·y also flak·ey  (flk)

adj. flak·i·er, flak·i·est

1. Made of or resembling flakes.

2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.

3. Slang Somewhat eccentric; odd: "that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come" Village Voice.

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flaki·ly adv.

flaki·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	flaky - made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" flakey
	2.	flaky - made of or easily forming flakes flakey tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
	3.	flaky - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" bizarre, eccentric, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre, freaky, flakey, freakish unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

Translations

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] adj [paintwork] → desconchado; [skin] → escamoso

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] adj [paintwork] → écaillé(e); [skin] → desquamé(e); [pastry] → feuilleté(e)

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] flake adj → brüchig;

(skin) → schuppig

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] adj [paintwork] → scrostato/a; [skin] → squamoso/a;

flaky pastry (CULIN) → pasta sfoglia