FLITE

Etymology 1

Noun

flite (plural flites)

(dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.

(dialectal) a scolding.

Etymology 2

Verb

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flote or flited, past participle flitten or flited)

(dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.

(dialectal) to scold, jeer.

(obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

Anagrams

• filet

Source: Wiktionary


Flite, v. i. Etym: [AS. flitan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.]

Definition: To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Flite, Flyte, n. [AS. flit. See Flite.]

Definition: Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands. Saintsbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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