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What does flinchy mean?
Tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.
Where does flinchy come from?
Etymology tree English flinch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flinchy From flinch + -y.

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