fleeced

[ fleest ]

adjective

1. having a fleece of a specified kind (usually used in combination):

   a thick-fleeced animal.

2. covered with fleece or a fleecelike material.
3. (of a fabric) having a softly napped surface.

Other Words From

• un·fleeced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleeced¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fleece + -ed ³

Example Sentences

From these have descended the high-bred, silken-fleeced Saxons, whose wool stands confessedly without a rival.

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So the sea-god sent a golden-fleeced ram, which Phryxus and Helle mounted and thus escaped from their cruel stepmother.

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Call upon Dr Jolliffe indeed, to get a couple of school-boys, whom he had fleeced, into a shindy!

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This crime syndicate had its agents in many cities, where victims were selected and sent to the mountains to be fleeced.

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If they suppose I'm going to pay half-a-crown for the privilege of being fleeced——!

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