gleety
English
Etymology
gleet + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡliːti/
Adjective
gleety (comparative more gleety, superlative most gleety)
- ichorous; thin; limpid
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- the Flesh within the Ulcer was livid, and in some parts of a blackish colour , and discharged a gleety Matter
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
References
gleety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913