flamey

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Adjective

flamey (comparative more flamey, superlative most flamey)

  1. Alternative form of flamy.
    • 1994, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Grave Music (An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Scribner, published 1995, →ISBN, page 177:
      ‘Kate Apwey,’ said Slider. / ‘Yes, that’s her.’ He lifted his flamey eyes to Slider’s face. ‘I hate her name! I hate her! She could be with him all the time, any time! But how could he do it?’
    • 1998, Trace Farrell, The Ruins, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 207:
      She’d touched this paper, and what’s more, she’d been thinking of him. He brought it to his nose; there was the scorched, faintly acrid scent of violets he associated with her, with her cigarettes and flamey eyes and the slow-burning fuse of her central core (all the more bewitching under cool blue wraps).
    • 2001 March, “back 2 the roots”, in Amiga Active, number 18, Bournemouth: Pinprint Publishing Ltd, →ISSN, page 52:
      What’s best? Orange flamey weapons, green lasery ones, blue chevron-shaped things or red balls?
    • 2006, Michelle Rowen , Angel with Attitude, New York, N.Y.: Warner Forever, →ISBN, page 330:
      “Fallen angels are fallen for a reason,” Val told her. “And sweetie, I’ve learned way too much in the past couple of days about false exteriors. So why don’t you quit the act?” / Her eyes widened. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” / Val just fixed her with an icy glare. “Drop it. I saw your flamey eyes inside—you must have lost your concentration or something. Had me going, too. I thought you were a fallen angel all this time. []
    • 2009, Joyce Carol Oates, Little Bird of Heaven, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2010, →ISBN, page 378:
      Except for his stubbled jaws and flamey eyes and creases in his face he might’ve been a kid dressed for Hallowe’en, a figure to smile at.
    • 2012, Aleksandr Orlov [pseudonym], Vassily the King of Rock (Meerkat Classics), London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 20:
      In middle of stage is great big meerkat skull with flamey eyes.

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