flaysome

/ (ˈfleɪsəm) /

adjective

Northern English dialect frightening

Words nearby flaysome

flax kit, flaxen, flaxman, flaxseed, flay, flaysome, fld, fld., fldxt, flea, flea beetle

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Examples from the Web for flaysome

Nay, its flaysome to think on, it maks me low spirited,—let's sup off an' be gooin—its as ill as th' deead haase is this.
Seets I' Paris|John Hartley
Aw're forc't dray back a bit, at th' first, he glooart so flaysome.
Lancashire Sketches|Edwin Waugh
Martha was beginning to tell me of certain “flaysome” looks also, but I desired not to hear of them.
Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle|Clement K. Shorter