Sc. [f. FLISK v. Jamieson gives also Fliskmahaigo with similar sense; the unmeaning endings may have been suggested by the place-names Dalmahoy and Lesmahago.] A flighty girl; a woman who gives herself airs.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xxxv. ‘That silly fliskmahoy, Jenny Rintherout, has taen the exies.’ Ibid. (1818), Hrt. Midl., l. ‘Seeing I hae prought worthy Mrs. Putler sic a fliskmahoy.’
