flaky

also flak·ey (flāˈkē)

1. Made of or resembling flakes.
2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.
3. Slang Somewhat eccentric; odd: “that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come” (Village Voice).

Related Forms:

• flakˈi·ly adverb

• flakˈi·ness noun