## Meanings
1. A fault or weakness that makes something less than perfect.
2. A weakness in someone's character.
3. A small crack or mark that spoils something.

## Examples
- There is one serious flaw in your plan.
- His main flaw is that he is too proud.
- A tiny flaw caused the crystal to shatter.

## Derived Forms
- flawful
- flawless
- flawsome
- flawy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *flaugh
- Root: vlāghe
- Root: vlāge
- Root: *flagā
- Root: flaga
- Root: *flagǭ

## Etymology
From Middle English *flaugh, from Middle Dutch vlāghe or Middle Low German vlāge, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flagā. Or, possibly of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flagǭ (“blow, strike”). See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”).

## AI Etymology
Flaw comes from Middle English *flaugh, from Middle Dutch vlāghe or Middle Low German vlāge, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flagā. Or, possibly of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flagǭ (“blow, strike”). See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”). In current use, the main senses are “A fault or weakness that makes something less than perfect” and “A weakness in someone's character”.

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