gleet
pronunciation
How to pronounce gleet in British English:
UK [gli:t]
How to pronounce gleet in American English:
US [glit]
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- Noun:
- a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea
Word Origin
- gleet (n.)
- mid-14c., "slime, greasy filth," from Old French glete "clay, loam; slime, mud, filth" (12c., Modern French glette), from Latin glitem (nominative glis) "sticky, glutinous ground," back-formation from glittus "sticky."