"foam-flecked" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more foam-flecked [comparative], most foam-flecked [superlative]
Etymology: A reference to the way a rabid animal foams at the mouth. Head templates: {{en-adj}} foam-flecked (comparative more foam-flecked, superlative most foam-flecked)
  1. Rabid; furious; fanatical.
    Sense id: en-foam-flecked-en-adj-z9Lz7wNS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foam, flecked.; covered in flecks of foam.
    Sense id: en-foam-flecked-en-adj-4uO-hUIn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
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          "ref": "2020, Fintan O'Toole, Three Years in Hell: The Brexit Chronicles:",
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