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Lues vs Glues - What's the difference?

lues | glues |

As nouns the difference between lues and glues

is that lues is a plague or disease, especially syphilis while glues is plural of lang=en.

lues

English

Noun

(-)
  • (dated, medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.
  • * 1819 , (Lord Byron), Don Juan , I:
    • And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues , or our pseudo-syphilis?
  • * 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1031:
    • There seemed to be no history of lues or any other family illness in the background.

    Derived terms

    * luetic

    Anagrams

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    glues

    English

    Noun

    (head)

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