FLITING

Verb

fliting

present participle of flite

Noun

fliting (plural flitings)

Alternative form of flyting

Anagrams

• lifting

Source: Wiktionary


FLITE

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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6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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