† ventilousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Fluttering, unsteady.
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flutteryc1386
ventilous1484
wavering1488
flaffinga1522
flittering1549
flackering1567
flickeringa1586
fluttering1590
whiffling1765
fluttered1773
aflicker1842
flickery1893
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xi. 26 [The eldest daughter] had her sight ventillous lyke a vane.
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