1570s, "consisting of flakes," from flake + -y (2). Meaning "eccentric, crazy" first recorded 1959, said to be American English baseball slang, but probably from earlier druggie sl [..]

Aggregate containing small, flat, almost bendable flakes.

adj. (var sp. `flakey') Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that [..]

to be in a state of mental disarray

A term describing Jamaican food, such as pie crust, with a dry texture that easily breaks off into flat, flake like pieces. T

(adj) made of or resembling flakes(adj) made of or easily forming flakes(adj) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Very fine flesh that breaks off delicately in small pieces.

Leaf type flat uncurled leaf pieces

Aggregate containing small, flat, almost bendable flakes.

Distinct layers of pastry or biscuit formed by using low protein flour, fat, and not too much mixing.

unreliable

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. (informal,of a|person) Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those pl [..]

to be in a state of mental disarray, characterized by spaciness and various forms of unreasoning fear

A structure of readily separated layers.

Someone unreliable, untrustworthy.