noun Archaic.
a glowing coal.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English gleed(e), Old English glēd; cognate with German Glut, Old Norse glōth; akin to glow
before 950; Middle English gleed(e), Old English glēd; cognate with German Glut, Old Norse glōth; akin to glow
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glee (ɡliː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune |
| 2. | Compare madrigal a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices |
| [Old English gléo; related to Old Norse glӯ] | |
| gleed (ɡliːd) | |
| —n | |
| archaic, dialect or a burning ember or hot coal | |
| [Old English glēd; related to German Glut, Dutch gloed, Swedish glöd] | |
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Word Origin & History
glee
O.E. gliu "entertainment, mirth, jest," presumably from a P.Gmc. *gliujan but absent in other Gmc. languages except for the rare O.N. gly. In O.E., an entertainer was a gleuman. A poetic word in M.E., obsolete c.1500-c.1700, it somehow found its way back to currency late 18c. Glee club (1814) is from
the secondary O.E. sense of "unaccompanied part-song," as a form of musical entertainment.
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