fleamy

English

Etymology

fleam +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfliːmi/

Adjective

fleamy (comparative more fleamy, superlative most fleamy)

1. (obsolete, dialect) bloody; clotted
   • 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):

     foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain

   • 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:

     spend words with this fleamy clodd of an Antagonist

References

• “fleamy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.