† gleetousglittousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
a. Of a hawk: Affected with phlegm.
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cumber1486
gleetous1486
refrained1486
crocked1707
1486 Bk. St. Albans C vj a The hawke will be very eegre and gleetous of the sekenes.
b. Of persons: Filthy (in conduct).
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > polluted or defiled
wemmed1382
defouledc1440
defiled1530
spotteda1535
gleetous1535
commaculate1570
dreggy1593
inquinated?1593
sullied1683
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 102 In word and work this king he wox rycht vile; Gredie and glittus in gulositie.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 534 This Culenus..So glittous was than into chalmer glew [etc.].
c. figurative. ? Sticky, ensnaring.
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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 521 Gold is so glittis, as ȝe knaw and ken, Quhilk of befoir hes causit mony men To tak on hand..The thing efter that maid thame for to rew.
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