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单词 fleeten
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fleetenadj.

Etymology: Altered form of flotten adj., assimilated to fleet v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfleeten.
Obsolete.
1. (See flotten adj.)
2. Of the colour of skimmed milk. In quot. a1640 contemptuously of the face.
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a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbb2v/2 You know where you are, you fleeten face.
3. quasi-n. The adj. used absol. Skimmed milk.
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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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