gleety

English

Etymology

From gleet +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliːti/

Adjective

gleety (comparative more gleety, superlative most gleety)

1. ichorous; thin; limpid
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     the Flesh within the Ulcer was livid, and in some parts of a blackish colour , and discharged a gleety Matter

References

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