flaithiúlach

Ireland/flaˈhuːləx/UK/fləˈhuːləx/

adjective

Generous, lavish (often ironic).

“Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.”

OriginIrish flaithiúlach →
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Meanings

adjectiveflaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)

comparative more flaithiúlach · superlative most flaithiúlach · alternative flahoola · alternative flahoolagh · alternative flahulach

  1. IrelandNewfoundlandGenerous, lavish (often ironic).

    Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.

    1 more example

    [A] lot of colleen bawns going about with temperance beverages and selling medals and oranges and lemonade and a few old dry buns, gob, flahoolagh entertainment, don't be talking.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 298

Origin

  1. Irishflaithiúlach
  2. Englishflaithiúlach

Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.

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APA

flaithiúlach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaithi%C3%BAlach

MLA

“flaithiúlach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaithi%C3%BAlach. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flaithiúlach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaithi%C3%BAlach.

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