glib
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glib¹
- /ɡlɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
adjective glibber · glibbest
- Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow. glib answers
- Smooth or slippery. a sheet of glib ice
- Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued. a glib tongue
- Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way. Sometimes our relationship is strained, for though we both recognize each other's intelligence, he think's I'm often too serious and I think he's often too glib
verb glibs · glibbing · glibbed
- To make smooth or slippery. 1628, Joseph Hal, “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366, https://books.google.ca/books?id=8iUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; whi
noun glibs
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A person's mouth or tongue.
"Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."
Similar: dubber
glib²
- /ɡlɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish glib.
noun glibs
- A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland. Whom when she saw in wretched weedes disguiz'd, / With heary glib deform'd and meiger face, / Like ghost late risen from his grave agryz'd, / She knew him not […]
glib³
- /ɡlɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben.
verb glibs · glibbing · glibbed
- To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. Fourteen they shall not see To bring false generations. They are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue.
Translations
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adj having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding
| Français | désinvolte |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | schwatzhaft, beredsam, glattgebügelt, oberflächlich |
| Italiano | loquace, fluente |
| Русский | болтли́вый boltlívyj, словоохо́тливый slovooxótlivyj |
adj smooth or slippery
| Deutsch | glatt, rutschig, schlüpfrig |
|---|---|
| Русский | гла́дкий gládkij |
adj artfully persuasive but insincere in nature
| 日本語 | 巧言令色な kōgenreishoku-na |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | aalglatt, gewandt, einschmeichelnd-betrügerisch, schmierig, zungenfertig |
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