flaky
flak·y / ˈflākē/ (also flak·ey) • adj. (flak·i·er, flakiest) 1. breaking or separating easily into small thin pieces: a tree with flaky bark. ∎ (esp. of skin or paint) tending to crack and come away from a surface in small pieces: the skin on the shins is often very flaky and dry.2. inf. crazy or eccentric: flaky ideas about taxes. ∎ inf. (of a device or software) prone to break down; unreliable.DERIVATIVES: flak·i·ness / -kēnis/ n.flak·i·ly / -kəlē/ adv.
More From encyclopedia.com
cocker spaniel , cock·er span·iel / ˈkäkər/ (also cock·er) • n. a small spaniel of a breed with a silky coat. pimple , pimple •apple, chapel, chappal, Chappell, dapple, grapple, scrapple •scalpel •ample, trample •pineapple •carpal, carpel •example, sample •sepal •stem… Coccus , coc·cus / ˈkäkəs/ • n. (pl. coc·ci / ˈkäkˌ(s)ī; ˈkäkˌ(s)ē/ ) Biol. any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium. DERIVATIVES: coc·cal / ˈkäkəl/ adj.… Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus] (b Salzburg, 1756; d Vienna, 1791). Austrian… convex , convex •axe (US ax), Backs, Bax, fax, flax, lax, max, pax, Sachs, sax, saxe, tax, wax •co-ax • addax • Fairfax • Ceefax •Halifax • Telefax • Filofax… Skin , Skin
The skin is of interest to psychoanalysis because it is anaclitically related to narcissism, because it is an erotogenic zone, and because it is…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
flaky