gleet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Scots 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old French glette.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gli:t/

[edit] Noun

gleet (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, except Scots) Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
2. (obsolete, except Scots) Any slimy, viscous substance.
3. (vulgar, slang) A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhoea.

   • 1980, ‘There was this Estella, a real drab, being given syph and gon and gleet by Augustus John, and Tommy has her living with him in that place of his in Earl’s Court and going to a doctor, nothing wrong with her actually but there might well have been, and he never touches her, you know.’ — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Noun

gleet (uncountable)

1. Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
2. Any slimy, viscous substance.