Flailsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic of a flail, or characterised by flailing
"A minister of scholarly achievement, as sensitive to social influences as litmus paper to an agent, decided that his town and countryside had had enough of the slot machine racket and all its flailsome appendages."
Example
More examples"A minister of scholarly achievement, as sensitive to social influences as litmus paper to an agent, decided that his town and countryside had had enough of the slot machine racket and all its flailsome appendages."
Etymology
From flail + -some.
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