disflesh

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verb

To reduce the flesh or obesity of.

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Meanings

verbdisflesh (third-person singular simple present disfleshes, present participle disfleshing, simple past and past participle disfleshed)

present singular third person disfleshes · participle present disfleshing · participle past disfleshed · past disfleshed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo reduce the flesh or obesity of.

    […]nor the fat man disflesh himself

    1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo disembody.

Origin

From dis- + flesh.

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APA

disflesh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disflesh

MLA

“disflesh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disflesh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disflesh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disflesh.

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