flairsome

adj

flairsome

adj

Etymology From flair + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by flair.

  • Nay, I niver get ony harm, as I know on, fro' th' little chaps though I do shiver whiles, for their curses is summat flairsome to hearken to.1900, Halliwell Sutcliffe, Shameless Wayne:
  • […] blow-ups in some crises, has also kept him from rising to the big, flairsome gesture at other times.1952, Newsweek, volume 40, page 37:
2 more examples
  • Flairsome shoe shapes with a flutter of bow or a sliver of T-strap...and the merest butterfly touch on the foot.1958, Mademoiselle, volume 47, page 15:
  • A special issue of the National Business Review had chosen 54 newsmakers of the decade, so the newsletter included Colin James's assessment that I was 'Parliament's most flairsome member, 1980.2019, Marilyn Waring, Marilyn Waring: The Political Years:

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