fleme means to drive away, chase off; to banish. It carries an Arena rating of 1688, earned across 10 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fleme ranks #1,594 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #2,763 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #2,878 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #3,008 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “fleme” is a great word
To drive away, chase off, or banish. From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman ('to put to flight, drive away, banish'), from flēam ('flight'). Unlike 'expel,' which implies a formal decree, or 'disperse,' which suggests a mere scattering, to fleme is to enact a raw, decisive rejection. It is the stone hurled at the stray dog from the village gate, the torch waved at the shadows in the wood, the cold silence that turns a guest toward the door—the ancient, unadorned art of making something cease to be *here*.
Etymology
From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam (“flight”).
verb
- To drive away, chase off; to banish.
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