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flabel

/ˈfleɪbəl/

flabel noun: a fan or flabellum.

Noun

flabel (plural flabels)

  1. (obsolete) A fan or flabellum.
    • Moreouer, the lungs which are the flabell of the heart […] are by the immoderate heate and sircitie [fiercity?] of this fume, quickely dried and coarctated, and consequently become vnapt for motion, to the great offence of the heart, and ruine at length of the whole body.1621, Tobias Venner, A Briefe and Accurate Treatise, Concerning, the Taking of the Fume of Tobacco […], page [6]
    • And so this flabel of Schism in the Church, shall also be the bellows of Sedition in the Common-wealth.1662, John Ellis, S. Austin Imitated: or Retractions and Repentings […], page 118

Forms of flabel

pluralflabels

Origin of flabel

From Latin flabellum (“a fan”), diminutive of flabrum (“a breeze”), from flare (“to blow”).

Questions about flabel

What does flabel mean?
Flabel means a fan or flabellum.
What part of speech is flabel?
Flabel is a noun.
How do you pronounce flabel?
Flabel is pronounced /ˈfleɪbəl/.
What is the plural of flabel?
The plural of flabel is flabels.

Words near flabel in the dictionary

  1. flabbiest
  2. flabbily
  3. flabbiness
  4. flabbinesses
  5. flabby
  6. flabel
  7. flabella
  8. flabellate
  9. flabellately
  10. flabellation
  11. flabellations

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