flakeyness

English

Etymology

From flakey +‎ -ness.

Noun

flakeyness (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of flakiness.
   • 1746 July 8, Thomas Lowndes, Brine-Salt Improved: or, The Method of Making Salt from Brine, That Shall Be as Good or Better than French Bay-Salt. […], page 13:

     Brine-Salt made by any former Proceſs, all poſſible care being taken, has evermore two main defects, flakeyneſs and ſoftneſs.

   • 1916, “Flakey Pie Crust”, in “Pastry”, in Amy L[ittlefield] Handy, compiler, What We Cook on Cape Cod, Sandwich, Mass.: The Shawme Press, Inc., page 68:

     The flakeyness will depend entirely on having the dough dry, keeping all ingredients cold and not letting the dough get messed up.

   • 1990, Bradford B[abbitt] Van Diver, “The Lincoln Highway”, in “US 30: Breezewood—Gettysburg”, in Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania (Roadside Geology Series), Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Company, published September 2005 (3rd printing), →ISBN, section III (Southeastern Pennsylvania), page 306:

     The upper Ordovician Martinsburg formation, which lies beneath most of this section of valley, is easy to recognize by its dark gray color, flakeyness, and interbeds of muddy sandstone.