fleme

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (to put to flight, drive away, banish), from flēam (flight).

Verb

fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleːm(ə)/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English flīema (fugitive, exile, outlaw), from flīeman (to escape). Compare flem.

Alternative forms

Noun

fleme

  1. (poetic) One who is banished; an exile, outcast, or fugitive.

Adjective

fleme

  1. (poetic) Banished, exiled.
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French flieme, from Vulgar Latin *fletoma, from Late Latin phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos), φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon).

Alternative forms

Noun

fleme

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) A lancet or fleam.
Descendants
  • English: fleam
References

Etymology 3

Noun

fleme

  1. alternative form of flem

Etymology 4

Noun

fleme

  1. alternative form of flewme

Etymology 5

Verb

fleme

  1. alternative form of flemen

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan flecme, from Vulgar Latin fletoma, from Latin phlebotomus.

Noun

fleme m (plural flemes)

  1. a veterinary lancet

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