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单词 flitter
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flittern.1

Brit. /ˈflɪtə/, U.S. /ˈflɪdər/
Etymology: < flit v. + -er suffix1.
One who or that which flits.
a. One who changes his dwelling.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > one who changes dwelling
flittera1555
a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 323 If we be flitters and not dwellers (as was Loth a flitter from Segor).
b. A fleeting thing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being
shadowa1272
breathc1275
cloudc1384
cherry-fair1393
transitorya1500
fume1531
forwhilea1557
flitter1623
ephemeran1643
daysman1658
transient1660
fugitive1683
transiency1728
ephemera1751
ephemeron1771
perishable1822
toadstool1823
evanescence1830
a sometime thing1935
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. xiii. 203 Such..were admonished to make themselues much fairer by the goods of the soule; because those of the body were but flitters [Fr. ceux du Corps ne sont que passagers].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flittern.2

Brit. /ˈflɪtə/, U.S. /ˈflɪdər/
Etymology: < flitter v.
A flittering motion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > fluttering or flickering > a fluttering or flickering movement
flutter1641
waver1826
flicker1857
flit1873
flitter1892
1892 Daily News 17 May 5/5 The flitter of crows.

Compounds

flitter-winged adj. having wings that flutter; also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [adjective]
flitter-winged1820
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins > that flutter
flitter-winged1820
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 26 The flitter-winged verse must tell, For truth's sake, what woe afterwards befel.
1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 74 Wheel'd at will The flitter-winged bat round lonely towers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flittern.3

Brit. /ˈflɪtə/, U.S. /ˈflɪdər/
Etymology: < German flitter.
‘A minute square of thin metal, used in decoration; collectively, a quantity of such squares’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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18.. Beck's Jrnl. Dec. Art 2 40 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) Strong and brilliant colors are freely used, together with gilt flitter, in the representation of flowering plants, fountains, and other devices [for window-shades].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flitterv.

Brit. /ˈflɪtə/, U.S. /ˈflɪdər/
Forms: Also Middle English fliter, ( fleter), Middle English–1500s flyt(t)er.
Etymology: < flit v. + -er suffix5.
1.
a. intransitive. Of birds, etc.: To flit about, to fly with low or short flights; to flutter. Also with by.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly
flusha1300
soarc1384
fly1480
flitter1483
flit1535
fleck1567
flirt1582
wagtail1606
waft1682
to take to wing1693
flaffer17..
to take (its, etc.) wing1807
skirl1859
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker
flatterc1425
flitter1483
flickera1500
flutter1561
play1590
swattera1666
whiff1686
feather1770
whiffle1817
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter
flickerc1000
flackerc1400
flitter1483
quitter1513
flack1567
fleck1567
flusker1660
flaffer17..
flit1700
skimmer1824
flutter1853
volitate1866
flurry1883
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. G.iiiiv Euer when she rested had aboute she flyttered styll.
1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 153 Their sight is so sharpe and pearcing, that flittering ouer the sea..they see the fish through the water.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 230 To mark the quick bat flitter by.
in extended use.1483 Liber Festivalis (Caxton) E j (Pentecost) In lykenesse of tonges brennyng not smertyng..lightenyng not fliteryng.1560 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Life (rev. ed.) sig. Bi The peyne is flyttering from one place to an other, without heuynes.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xli. 245 A thought commeth vpon a man..sleeping, and it flittereth before him.a1593 H. Smith Serm. Christians Pract. (1637) 252 Like unto a shittle, which flittereth from the hand of a childe.1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 194 The stiff-wigged living figures, that still flitter and chatter about that area.1878 P. W. Wyatt Hardrada 7 Where..flitter the pale ghosts.
b. To move the wings ineffectually. In quot. 1598 transferred.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker > of a person: ineffectually
flitter1598
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 201 He began to flitter with his handes, in steede of winges..and fell downe head-long to the ground.
2.
a. Of a person: To shift about in mind; to waver. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > waver
flecchec1300
waverc1315
remue1340
shake1340
flitc1386
flow1434
falter1521
flitter1543
to waver as, like, with the wind1548
rove1549
float1598
jarga1614
give ground1662
weaken1876
unbend1877
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)]
flitc1386
waivec1425
flitter1543
to play fast and loose1557
range1557
vary1557
halve1566
to blow hot and cold1577
flirt1578
laveer1598
to weathercock it1654
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. A.vv Many there be so vnconstant of mynde, that flytter and turne with euery wynde.
b. Of a flower: To fade, wither. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)]
falloweOE
welka1300
starvec1400
witherc1400
dote?1440
wizena1450
mortifyc1475
vade1492
shrinkc1572
flitter1577
windle1579
shirpc1639
welter1645
welt1854
sickly1882
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 53 The sunne..would cause them [floures] to welke or flitter.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Flitter, to hang or droop.
3. To fly all about; to fly to or into dust, pieces, etc. Of the sea: To break up in foam. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered in particles
flitter1548
scatter1577
shatter1577
pepper1857
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > undergo separation into constituents [verb (intransitive)] > cease to cohere > disintegrate
flitter1548
to fall apart1761
disintegrate1817
1548 R. Record Vrinal of Physick (new ed.) v. 18 Unequal [substance of urine] is..when it is thynner in one parte then in another, or flyttered out.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) v. iv Than the dragon..smote the bore al to powder both flesh and bones that it flyttered all abrode on the sea.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 5 Cabbans, where seas doo flitter in arches.
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 Bottle,..bounces, foams, and froths, and flitters.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 126 Others flitter'd as 'twere, or flown all to pieces.
a1677 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. 80 A sooty matter, which flitters into dust as soon as touched.
4. transitive. To make to flit; to move rapidly backwards and forwards; to shuffle (cards). rare.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to flutter or flicker
waverc1425
wear?a1505
flutter1621
flitter1864
wink1883
flicker1903
zither1930
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > deal, shuffle, or cut
cutc1555
deal1560
rob1575
shuffle1589
fuzz1753
pass1859
flitter1864
split1866
ruffle1872
make1876
trey1888
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 243 As a skilful juggler flitters the cards before you.
1893 R. Le Gallienne in Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 2/3 Many a silly thing That..perks his tiny tail..And flitters little wing.

Derivatives

ˈflittered adj. Obsolete dispersed, scattered.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions
scattereda1425
forscattered1430
sparpled1432
skailed1488
dispersed1526
disparkled1529
severed1581
flittered1582
sparsed1585
discattered1595
disjected1647
squandered1647
dissipateda1711
dissipate1715
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Neauer dooth she laboure to reuoke her flittered issue.
ˈflittering adj. flitting about, fluttering; trembling; †shifting, unstable, fleeting.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]
flittingc1374
aerya1398
bottomlessa1413
hollowa1529
flittering1549
wanzing1571
aerial1581
slight1585
flit1590
windy1593
filmy1594
tenuous1597
unsubstantial1597
yeasty1598
thingless1599
airy1600
spare1602
spongy1603
insubstantial1607
baselessa1616
thina1616
insolid1618
insubstantiate1621
tenuious1634
bubble1635
thin-spun1638
subventaneous1646
unsubstanceda1658
whipped1673
aericala1678
huffy1678
blatherya1693
naughty1696
substanceless1784
vapoury1818
aeriform1827
airified1837
blow-away1858
non-substantial1858
unbased1860
evasive1881
stuffless1896
fabricless1905
lighter-than-air1909
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]
slidinga900
scrithingOE
henwardOE
swifta1225
short livya1325
passing1340
flittingc1374
shadowy1374
temporalc1384
speedfula1400
transitory?c1400
brittlea1425
unabidingc1430
frail?c1450
indurablec1450
scrithel?c1475
caduke1483
transitorious1492
passanta1500
perishinga1500
caducea1513
fugitive?1518
caducal?1548
quick1548
delible1549
flittering1549
undurable?1555
shadowish1561
fleeting1563
vading1566
flightful1571
wanzing1571
transitive1575
slipping1581
diary1583
unlasting1585
never-lasting1588
flit1590
post-like1594
running1598
short-lived1598
short-winded1598
transient1599
unpermanent1607
flashy1609
of a day1612
passable1613
dureless1614
urgenta1616
waxena1616
decayable1617
horary1620
evanid1626
fugitable1628
short-dated1632
fugacious1635
ephemerala1639
impermanent1653
fungous1655
volatile1655
ephemerousa1660
unimmortal1667
timesome1674
while-being1674
of passage1680
journal1685
ephemeron1714
admovent1727
evanescent1728
meteorous1750
deciduous1763
preterient1786
ephemeridal1795
meteorica1802
meteor1803
ephemerean1804
ephemerid1804
evanescing1805
fleeted1810
fleet1812
unenduring1814
unremaining1817
unimmortalized1839
impersistent1849
flighty1850
uneternal1862
caducous1863
diurnal1866
horarious1866
brisk1879
evasive1881
picaresque1959
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > fluttering or flickering
flutteryc1386
ventilous1484
wavering1488
flaffinga1522
flittering1549
flackering1567
flickeringa1586
fluttering1590
whiffling1765
fluttered1773
aflicker1842
flickery1893
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > shuddering with fear
daring1333
quiveringa1547
shivering1577
shuddering1600
intrembled1628
trepid1650
horrent1721
trepidatinga1774
horrescent1865
flittering1867
trepidatory1881
trepidant1891
tremorful1901
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cii. (1566) 250 The dayes wherin I passe my life are lyke the flittering shade.
a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 59 These beginnings of grace..must not be flittering and fleeting, but constant and setled.
1637 J. Milton Comus 8 Thou flittering Angel girt with golden wings.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 270 Which..lightly pressed..becomes flittering dust.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 329 When the lark..mounts and sings on flittering wings.
1867 A. Sartoris Week in Fr. Country-house 29 The poor flittering little nun.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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