flitsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by flitting

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Meanings

adjectiveflitsome (comparative more flitsome, superlative most flitsome)

comparative more flitsome · superlative most flitsome

  1. Characterised or marked by flitting

    Unflagging spider versus flitsome moth [...]

    2011, Norman Hadley, Stinging the Sepia
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    A target too flitsome for the other birds, it was an immense success with verdin who clung to it masterfully upside down and not a bit uneasy on that gyrating world, taking his fill and all the while full of warnings to potential intruders, giving vent to an intermittent and extremely loud robin-sized chirping.

    1957, Douglas Rigby, Desert happy

Origin

From flit + -some.

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APA

flitsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flitsome

MLA

“flitsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flitsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flitsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flitsome.

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