gleetyadj.
/ˈɡliːti/ 1. Slimy. Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy
slimy1398
limousc1420
engleimous?c1475
gleety1483
slimely1528
mucous1578
slimish1648
vasy1742
1483 Cath. Angl. 159/1 Gletty, viscosus.
1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 423/2 The water-asks, sae cauld and saft, Crawl'd ower the glittie flure.
1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales II. 71 The sei-mawe couris on his glittye stene, For its greine withe the dewe of the jaupyng maine.
1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 22 The outer wheel still black Though sleek with gleety green—Is doing duty.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gleety, green and slimy, applied to the appearance of stagnant water.
2. Of the nature of gleet.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective]
fouleOE
festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
matterativec1487
mattereda1500
mattery1527
attery1535
sanious1562
festering1563
matterish1566
infestered1570
ulcerated1580
suppurated1583
sordid1597
corsie1605
fistulating1607
rankling1631
suppurable1634
rancorous1635
undercotted1636
undercotting1637
suppuratory1659
puriform1668
quittorish1668
suppurating1671
scandalous1676
suppurative1746
suppurant1799
gleety1822
puruloid1846
pyoid1846
colloid substance1849
peptic1884
pussy1888
maturable1889
fretty1894
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 736 The frequent and involuntary secretion of a gleety matter.
1851 S. D. Gross Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder i. v. 209 There is a discharge of thin gleety matter from the bladder.
1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. i. xiii. 261 One of the earliest symptoms of organic stricture is generally a gleety discharge from the urethra.
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