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flinder¹

  • /flɪndə/

Where it comes from

From Middle English flendris, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Norwegian flindra, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”).

noun flinders · flender

  1. A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter “It’s to swear to stand by one another, and never tell the gang’s secrets, even if you’re chopped all to flinders, and kill anybody and all his family that hurts one of the gang.”

flinder²

  • /flɪndə/

Where it comes from

From Middle English flindre. Compare Dutch vlinder.

noun flinders

  1. dialectal, obsolete A butterfly or moth.

verb flinders · flindering · flindered

  1. intransitive To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner

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@misc{flinder_2026,
  title = {flinder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flinder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}