fleasomeadj.
/ˈfliːsəm/ jocular (in association with gleesome adj.).
Full of fleas.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [adjective] > abounding in fleas
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with fleas
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1853 J. Payn On our Dog Jock in Poems 79 A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast.
1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 38 Gentle Bandar, an Inscrutable Decree, Makes thee a gleesome fleasome Thou, and me a wretched Me.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 220/1 The still fleasome but now gleesome puppy.
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