Emily Dickinson Lexicon

flown, adj. [see fly, v.]

Scattered; blown in the air and spread.

fluctuate, v. [L. fluctuare, undulate.]

Shift in time; move back and forth in meaning and understanding.

fluctuation, n. [see fluctuate.]

fluent, adj. [L.]

1. Referring to speech; speaking correctly with no errors; speaking them with smoothness and mastery.
2. Freely moving with no interruption; mobile; flowing smoothly.

fluently, adv. [see fluent.]

flurriedly, adv. [onomatopoeic from “flurry”.]

Agitated; hurried; hastily.

flute (-s), n. [OFr fleute.]

Wind instrument.

flutter (-ed, -s), v. [OE 'float, flow'; see fleet.]

fly (flies), n. [OE.]

1. Winged insect; bug of the zoological genus Musca with transparent wings.
2. Nuisance; trivial; annoyance; harmless fact of life.

fly (flew, flies), v. [OE, flee or fly.]

1. Wing; take flight; move through the air; navigate by means of wings.
2. Come and go; pass by rapidly; happen in a hurry.
3. Flee; escape; leave; avoid some threat, peril, or danger.
4. Flutter; wave about.
5. Move; go; take steps; proceed forward.
6. Leave; exit; depart; (see Isaiah 54:10).
7. Die; expire; leave this life; pass to the other world.
8. Lose importance.