Quarrels or scolds; engages in abusive or insulting speech.
From 'flite' in third person singular present tense, formed with '-s' (Old English '-þ').
The '-s' for third person singular (he/she/it flites) is one of English's few remaining personal verb endings—most languages keep extensive verb conjugations, but English simplified them, keeping just this one small mark.
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