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Etymology

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From gleet +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gleety (comparative more gleety, superlative most gleety)

  1. ichorous; thin; limpid
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: [] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston [], and B[enjamin] Took, [], →OCLC:
      the Flesh within the Ulcer was livid, and in some parts of a blackish colour , and discharged a gleety Matter

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gleety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.