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BEFLEA
Etymology
Verb
beflea (third-person singular simple present befleas, present participle befleaing, simple past and past participle befleaed)
(transitive) To pester, as fleas do.
One of those bores
Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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