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fleamy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfliːmi/

Etymology

From fleam + -y.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, obsolete) bloody; clotted
   • foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain c. 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, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
   • spend words with this fleamy clodd of an Antagonist 1645 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:

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