fleme

English

Alternative forms

• fleem

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

• fleem
• flæme, flemæ (Early Middle English)

Noun

fleme

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

Related terms

• flemen
• outfleme

Adjective

fleme

2. (poetic) Banished, exiled.

References

• “flẹ̄me, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• fleom

Noun

fleme

2. (Late Middle English, rare) A lancet or fleam.

Descendants

• English: fleam

References

• “flẹ̄me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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

Further reading

• “fleme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10