Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flisky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flisky
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Frisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.

adj

Sprinkly; flisking.

Example Sentences

"You're like ADAM BLACK's poney, Flisky, and pranky, and no very canny;[…]"
"First came fitful scuds of rain, "flisky" rain they call it, loose outriders of the storm, spurning the soft ice, as they dashed by, and lashing the woodman's windows."
"'Flisky rain,' Tom announced with dismal satisfaction. 'Be like this all day, I reckons. Drops so tiny you'd think they'd not do more'n wet your hair. But it'll drench you top to end, y'know?'"

Etymology

From flisk + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flisk

Inflected Forms

more flisky (comparative) most flisky (superlative)

Questions

What does flisky mean?: Frisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.
Where does flisky come from?: From flisk + -y.

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