I. ˈglēt, usu -ēd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English glet, glette slimy or mucous matter, from Middle French glete, from Latin glittus sticky, viscous; akin to Latin glut-, glus glue — more at clay
: a chronic inflammation of a bodily orifice in man or animals usually accompanied by an abnormal discharge from the orifice
nasal gleet
specifically : the discharge itself (as the urethral mucous discharge in gonorrhea)
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
archaic : to vent an abnormal discharge : discharge gleet