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glore¹

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From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

verb glores · gloring · glored

  1. archaic, dialectal To gaze intently, stare.
  2. archaic, dialectal To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
  3. dialectal To glow, shine.
  4. dialectal To squint.

noun glores

  1. dialectal A stare, fixed gaze.
  2. dialectal A glow.

glore²

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of glor (“fat”).

adjective more glore · most glore

  1. alternative Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).

Glore³

proper noun Glores

  1. A surname.

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@misc{glore_2026,
  title = {glore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}