Fleeting, a. Transitory, transient, ephemeral, temporary, passing, evanescent, fugitive, flitting, flying, brief, short-lived, here to-day and gone to-morrow.
Fleetness, n. Swiftness, quickness, rapidity, celerity, velocity, speed, nimbleness.
Flesh, n.
- 1. Muscle and fat (of animal bodies).
- 2. Meat, animal food.
- 3. Pulp, edible part (of fruit).
- 4. Body (as opposed to spirit), flesh and blood, natural man (as opposed to the spiritual).
- 5. Carnality, sensual appetites, bodily desires.
- 6. Kindred, stock, race.
- 7. Mankind, man, the world.
Flesh and blood.
- 1. Body, human system, corporeal nature.
- 2. Kindred, blood-kindred (especially one’s offspring).
Flesh-color, n. Carnation.
Flesh-eating, a. Carnivorous.
Fleshiness, n. Fatness, plumpness, corpulence, corpulency, embonpoint, obesity.
Fleshly, a.
- 1. Human, of flesh.
- 2. Carnal, sensual, lustful, lascivious, lecherous.
Fleshy, a. Fat, plump, corpulent, obese.
Fleur-de-lis, n. [Fr.] Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), flower-de-luce, flower-de-lis, iris.