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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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15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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