fleetenadj.

Etymology: Altered form of flotten adj., assimilated to fleet v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfleeten.

Obsolete.

1. (See flotten adj.)

2. Of the colour of skimmed milk. In quot. a1640 contemptuously of the face.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > bluish-white

flattena1625

fleetena1640

blue-white1819

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbb2^v/2 You know where you are, you fleeten face.

3. quasi-n. The adj. used absol. Skimmed milk.

ΚΠ

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	fleeten
释义	fleetenadj. Etymology: Altered form of flotten adj., assimilated to fleet v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfleeten. Obsolete. 1. (See flotten adj.) 2. Of the colour of skimmed milk. In quot. a1640 contemptuously of the face. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > bluish-white flattena1625 fleetena1640 blue-white1819 a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbb2^v/2 You know where you are, you fleeten face. 3. quasi-n. The adj. used absol. Skimmed milk. ΚΠ 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1640
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