flappyadj.
/ˈflapi/, U.S. /ˈflæpi/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective] > flabby
flaggya1565
flappy1598
quaggy1611
flaccid1620
quagginga1627
pendulous1822
slummocky?1861
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled].
2. dialect. (See quots.)
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1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Flappy, wild, irregular, unsteady. ‘An old flappy body’.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Flappy, uneven, unsteady. ‘The carpet's lyin' aall flappy’.
3. That flaps.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > flapping loosely
flaffinga1522
flapping1592
swapping1642
flappish1665
flopping1679
flip-flap1841
slatting1883
aflap1887
flappy1905
1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades iii. 91 He rose..flapping like a seal... He flapped a plaid shawl over his..arm..he flapped his eyelids... He was a..clergyman, of a flappy and floppy type.
1908 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 7/1 Sailors, with bare feet and flappy blue trousers.
1924 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 200/2 A flappy little bag of gray and silver beads.
1965 M. Bradbury Stepping Westward iv. 205 Old ladies in flappy dresses.
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