Sekirov Dictionary

snowflake

UK /ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/US /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/

noun 9
verb 2
forms 3

noun9

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
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(slang, offensive) Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
- When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech. — 2017
(slang, disapproving) Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
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Something that is unique in every presentation.
- MS is referred to as a “snowflake” disease because symptoms vary from person to person. — 2016
Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
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(slang, offensive) A Caucasian person.
- Alright, snowflake, where's the dope? — 2009
The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
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A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
- Robertson and colleagues reported 10 patients in four families with lesions similar to those of stage I and stage II snowflake generation. — 2007
(historical) Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)

verb2

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To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
- Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down. — 1966
To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

forms

snowflaked · snowflaking · snowflakes

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