flaw1
n.
- a mark, blemish, or other imperfection.
- a fault or weakness.
v.
mar or weaken.
Derivative
- flawed adj.
- flawless adj.
- flawlessly adv.
- flawlessness n.
Etymology
ME (orig. in sense ‘a flake of snow’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter’): perh. from ON flaga ‘slab’.
flaw2
n.
literary a squall; a short storm.
Etymology
C16: prob. from MDu. vlāghe, Mid. Low Ger. vlāge.