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gleet⋅y

  [glee-tee]
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–adjective, gleet⋅i⋅er, gleet⋅i⋅est.
characteristic of or resembling gleet.
Origin:
1475–85; gleet + -y 1
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gleet   (glēt)   
n.   Archaic

  1. Inflammation of the urethra characterized by a mucopurulent discharge.

  2. The discharge that is characteristic of this inflammation.


[Middle English glet, slime, from Old French glette, from Latin glittus, sticky.]
gleet'y adj.
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