Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the urethra characterized by a mucopurulent discharge.
- noun The discharge that is characteristic of this inflammation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Slime; mucus.
- noun A thin ichor running from a sore; in particular, a transparent mucous discharge from the urethra: an effect of gonorrhea.
- To flow in a thin limpid humor; ooze, as pus.
- To flow slowly, as water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.
- intransitive verb To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.
- intransitive verb To flow slowly, as water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, except Scots
Stomach mucus , especially of ahawk . - noun obsolete, except Scots Any
slimy ,viscous substance. - noun vulgar, slang A
urethral discharge , especially as a symptom ofgonorrhoea . - verb To
flow in a thin,limpid humour ; toooze , as gleet. - verb To flow slowly, as water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Jojohn was very mean and keen and wiry and had specialized in like Sexual Assault, and The Doctor had pre - tended to be able to cure syph and gon and gleet but he had only injected water, also he had killed off two devotchkas instead, like he had promised, of getting rid of their unwanted loads for them.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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If it runs forward along the urine canal, it produces so-called +gleet+.
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-- When gonorrhoea is not cured at the end of twenty-one or twenty-eight days, at which time all discharge should have ceased, we have a condition known as chronic clap, which is nothing more or less than gleet.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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Unless carefully treated, and treated early, it gives rise to many complications, such as inflammation of the bladder, gleet, stricture, inflammation of joints, abscesses, and rheumatism.
Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
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-- When gonorrhoea is not cured at the end of twenty-one or twenty-eight days, at which time all {469} discharge should have ceased, we have a condition known as chronic clap, which is nothing more or less than gleet.
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Neglected gleet often causes stricture; neglected or improperly treated stricture often causes and keeps up a gleet.
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They may be used to cure gleet, stricture and prostatitis, when complicating Spermatorrhoea or Impotence.
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Another set of statements, equally sweeping and based upon the best of medical evidence, may be made, _i. e._, more cases of gleet and stricture are caused by Self-Abuse (masturbation, Onanism), and sexual excesses than by gonorrhoea -- formerly and ignorantly supposed to be about the only cause.
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Spermatorrhoe, Impotence, Prostatitis or gleet, and in order to effect
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+Spermatorrhoea+ or +Impotence+, stricture of the urethra is the cause of the trouble, whether the stricture is due to gonorrhoea, gleet, etc., or to +masturbation or excesses+.
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bestiary commented on the word gleet
but why does this word sound so happy? :/
July 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word gleet
It's the sound of R2D2 falling in love.
July 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word gleet
*hork*
July 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word gleet
Yarb, that's terrific. :) Now instead of thinking of Al Swearengen's tortured penis, I'll think of R2-D2 beeping in joy.
July 30, 2008