Talk:fleeten

RFV discussion: October 2016–May 2017

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fleeten

Didn't find anything for "fleeted or skimmed milk" outside of dictionaries. There may be an adjectival sense (meaning "skimmed"?):

I think this may be an adjective derived from a variant past participle (?) (< Middle English fletyn; normally flet (ppt)) of the verb represented by archaic/obsolete verb fleet (“to skim cream from milk”). Not sure if it's a participle though, that is just a guess Leasnam (talk) 02:22, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty convinced now that the POS is participle/adj. There is an alternative form fletten Leasnam (talk) 02:44, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Fletten seems a little more common: [1] DTLHS (talk) 02:50, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

There's also fleeten-face Leasnam (talk) 02:28, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

I think "fleeten-face" is only attested in one work (see Citations:fleeten). DTLHS (talk) 02:32, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 00:44, 22 May 2017 (UTC)