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fleamy

/ˈfliːmi/

fleamy adjective: bloody; clotted.

Adjective

fleamy (comparative more fleamy, superlative most fleamy)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) bloody; clotted
    • foamy bubbling of a fleamy brainc. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602...
    • spend words with this fleamy clodd of an Antagonist1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of fleamy

comparativemore fleamy
superlativemost fleamy

Origin of fleamy

From fleam + -y.

Questions about fleamy

What does fleamy mean?
Fleamy means bloody; clotted.
What part of speech is fleamy?
Fleamy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fleamy?
Fleamy is pronounced /ˈfliːmi/.

Words near fleamy in the dictionary

  1. fleamarket
  2. fleamarketed
  3. fleamarketing
  4. fleamarkets
  5. fleams
  6. fleamy
  7. fleapit
  8. fleapits
  9. fleaproof
  10. flear-mice
  11. flear-mouse

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