Flitsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by flitting

    "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."

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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."

Etymology

From flit + -some.

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