fleshedadj.
/flɛʃt/, U.S. /flɛʃt/ 1.
a. Clothed or furnished with flesh: chiefly with some defining prefix. Also, fleshed and boned.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective] > having
fleshed1422
furnisheda1533
carniferous1841
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 224 Lytill..lymes of the body, and lene y flesshide.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 276 To be meanly fleshed, that is, neither ouermuch, nor verie little.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xli. 2 There came vp out of the riuer seuen well fauoured kine, and fat fleshed . View more context for this quotation
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 99 The Partridge is larger than ours, white flesht.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxx. 99 His loose-flesh'd wabbling chaps, which hung on his shoulders.
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 198 Painters..who can set the supernatural form before us fleshed and boned like ourselves.
1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. x. 316 My..hostess asked me..what I thought of the handsome, well-fleshed girl?
1869 Daily News 30 July A very sleek, level-fleshed bull.
b. of fruit (with defining prefix).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] > fleshy or of the nature of a pome
brawnyc1420
pomaceous1845
fleshed1859
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 63 The magnificent orange-fleshed melon.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 85 A yellow or purple fleshed fruit.
2. [Compare French acharné.]
a. Inured to bloodshed, hardened.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective] > inured to bloodshed
well-fleshed1586
fleshed1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 6 They were flesht villains, bloudie dogs. View more context for this quotation
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bb4/2 A flesh'd ruffian.
b. Eager for battle.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes
steadfast993
sharpc1000
forfoughtenc1275
austere?a1400
tolerable1555
flesheda1626
steady1670
death or glory1806
a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 263 The Poll..with his..now flæshed armye, assaults..townes of the Muscovetts.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 355 The Jacks are fierce, and Williamites are flesh'd.
c. Animated by relentless hatred, bent on the destruction or injury of a person. Const. upon.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > [adjective] > animated by relentless hatred
flesheda1640
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Trag. Barnavelt (1980) iv. iii. 61 There can be no attonement..Vandort is fleshd vpon me.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. ix. 183 They were so fleshed upon one another, that they aspired to nothing lesse then peace.
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