flitty
adj/ˈflɪti/
Etymology From flit + -y.
1
Archaic unstable, fluttering.
2
Slang Ostentatiously effeminate.
- The other end of the bar was full of flits. They weren't too flitty-looking—I mean they didn't have their hair too long or anything—but you could tell they were flits anyway.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 18, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 185:
- His once flitty warble has deepened into a quavery David Bowie/Iggy Pop croon, and it perfectly suits the new record's mix of quasi soul and somber guitar pop.1995 September 8, Peter Margasak, “Edwyn Collins”, in Chicago Reader:
2 more examples
- In each scenario, the mother worries whether her flitty son (Garcia) will ever marry."1999 December 24, Albert Williams, “Lean and Mean”, in Chicago Reader:
- Some observers may be taken aback by Brooks's treatment of homosexuality: while the subject was only a side theme in the movie, here it's placed front and center in the character of Roger and his flitty "common-law assistant," Carmen Ghia.2001 February 23, Albert Williams, “Springtime for Mel Brooks”, in Chicago Reader:
- Derived terms
- flittiness