fleasome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

flea +‎ -some

Adjective[edit]

fleasome (comparative more fleasome, superlative most fleasome)

  1. (poetic, humorous) Covered in fleas.
    • 1919, Rudyard Kipling, Divided Destinies:
      Gentle Bandar, an inscrutable Decree
      Makes thee a gleesome fleasome Thou,
      and me a wretched Me.
    • 1884, James Payn, On Our Dog Jock:
      A rollicksome frolicsome rare old cock
      As ever did nothing was our dog Jock;
      A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast,
      As slow at a fight, as swift at a feast […]

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