flitty

flit +‎ -y

flitty (comparative flittier, superlative flittiest)

1. (archaic) unstable, fluttering
2. (slang) Ostentatiously effeminate
   • 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 18:

     The other end of the bar was full of flits. They weren't too flitty-looking—I mean they didn't have their hair too long or anything—but you could tell they were flits anyway.

   • 1995 September 8, Peter Margasak, “Edwyn Collins”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     His once flitty warble has deepened into a quavery David Bowie/Iggy Pop croon, and it perfectly suits the new record's mix of quasi soul and somber guitar pop.

   • 1999 December 24, Albert Williams, “Lean and Mean”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     In each scenario, the mother worries whether her flitty son (Garcia) will ever marry."

   • 2001 February 23, Albert Williams, “Springtime for Mel Brooks”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Some observers may be taken aback by Brooks's treatment of homosexuality: while the subject was only a side theme in the movie, here it's placed front and center in the character of Roger and his flitty "common-law assistant," Carmen Ghia.

(ostentatiously homosexual): camp

• flitty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.