flappable

English

Etymology 1

From flap +‎ -able.

Adjective

flappable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be moved by flapping.
    a flappable wing

Etymology 2

Back-formation from unflappable.

Adjective

flappable (comparative more flappable, superlative most flappable)

  1. (informal) Capable of becoming flustered or upset.
    • 1973, John Berryman, Recovery‎[1], Macmillan, →ISBN:
      ‘Yes. Not as much as Ruth, but I read some myself afterward. You sound better aloud. Good deal of authentic mania, there, black and blue wit, pain—the fellow going on to fresh defeats, flappable, flappable. Surviving however. I bought a lot of the little I could understand. Do you write when you're drunk?’
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