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gleety

American  
[glee-tee] / ˈgli ti /

adjective

gleetier, gleetiest

  1. characteristic of or resembling gleet.

Etymology

Origin of gleety

First recorded in 1475–85; gleet + -y 1

Example Sentences

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The enlargement gives rise to a feeling of weight and fulness in the perineum, irritability of the bladder, and a gleety urethral discharge.

From Project Gutenberg

On viewing his fundament, I found it almost surrounded with gleety excoriations and ulcers.

From Project Gutenberg

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