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flea
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English fle, from Old English fl?ah, fl?a, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit ?????? (plú?i)).
The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English fl?an (“fleas”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli?/
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophones: flee
Noun
flea (plural fleas)
- A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
- (derogatory) A thing of no significance.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle fleaed)
- (transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal).
- Synonym: deflea
- 1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist (page 192)
- I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Verb
flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle flead)
- Obsolete spelling of flay
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
- In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin [...].
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Everyman's Library 1991, p. 36:
- [...] he'd flea me alive like another St Bartholomew.
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Everyman's Library 1991, p. 36:
Anagrams
- Lafe, Leaf, alef, feal, leaf
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fleabite
English
Alternative forms
- flea-bite
Etymology
From flea +? bite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fli?b??t/
Noun
fleabite (plural fleabites)
- The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
- Something which causes only trifling irritation; a minor inconvenience.
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 408:
- He was a rich man, and the £2,000 a year, though not exactly a fleabite, did not seem an extravagant price to pay for the boarding-out of Crispina.
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 408:
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