gladelike
noun
an open space in a forest.
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glade (ɡleɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| an open place in a forest; clearing | |
| [C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to | |
| 'gladelike | |
| —adj | |
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| glade (ɡleɪd) | |
| —n | |
| an open place in a forest; clearing | |
| [C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to | |
| 'gladelike | |
| —adj | |
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glade
"clear, open space in a woods," 1520s, perhaps from M.E. glode (c.1300), from O.N. glaðr "bright" (see glad). Original meaning would be "bright (because open) space in a wood" (cf. Fr. clairière "glade," from clair "clear, bright;" Ger. Lichtung "clearing, glade,"
from Licht "light"). Amer.Eng. sense of "marshy grassland" (e.g. Everglades) first recorded c.1796.
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