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cleg¹

  • /klɛɡ/

Sounds like Clegg · Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).

noun clegs · clegg · gleg

  1. England, Scotland, dialectal a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid Sir Christopher Pack did cleave like a clegg, and was very angry he could not be heard ad infinitum.

cleg²

  • /klɛɡ/

Sounds like Clegg · Rhymes with -ɛɡ

noun clegs · clegg · gleg

  1. dialectal A light breeze.

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"cleg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cleg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cleg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cleg

Chicago

"cleg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cleg.

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@misc{cleg_2026,
  title = {cleg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cleg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}