FLAKY

bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre

(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”; “famed for his eccentric spelling”; “a freakish combination of styles”; “his off-the-wall antics”; “the outlandish clothes of teenagers”; “outre and affected stage antics”

flaky, flakey

(adjective) made of or easily forming flakes

flaky, flakey

(adjective) made of or resembling flakes; “flaky soap”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

(informal, of a, person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.

(informal, of a, thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely to malfunction.

Source: Wiktionary

Flak"y, a.

Definition: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts. A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition