fleume

Middle English

Noun

fleume

Alternative form of flewme

Old French

Etymology

Latin phlegma < Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Noun

fleume oblique singular, f (oblique plural fleumes, nominative singular fleume, nominative plural fleumes)

phlegm (one of the four elements of the body)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
  Item on peult demander se la fleume se peult adurcir
  One can ask oneself if the phlegm will harden

Descendants

French: flegme (relatinized)
→ Middle English: flewme, fleme, fleume, flemne, flewm
- English: phlegm (dialectal fleam)
- Scots: fleem
→ Neapolitan: freoma

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