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flashy (adj.)
"showy, cheaply attractive," 1680s, from
flash
(n.1) +
-y
(2). Earlier it meant "splashing" (1580s); "sparkling, giving off flashes" (c. 1600), but those senses have become rare. Related:
Flashily
;
flashiness
.