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glib
[glib]
–adjective, glib⋅ber, glib⋅best.
| 1. | readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers. |
| 2. | easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. |
| 3. | Archaic. agile; spry. |
Origin:
1585–95; cf. obs. glibbery slippery (c. D glibberig)
1585–95; cf. obs. glibbery slippery (c. D glibberig)

Related forms:
glibly, adverb
glibness, noun
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Glib
Glib\, a. [Compar. Glibber; superl. Glibbest.] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.] 2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. --Shak. Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.Glib
Glib\, v. t. To make glib. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.Glib
Glib\, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. --Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. --Southey.Glib
Glib\, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : glib
Spanish:
de mucha labia, charlatán, desenvuelto,
German:
zungenfertig,
Japanese:
口の達者な
glib
1593, possibly shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery," from Low Ger. glibberig "smooth, slippery," from M.L.G. glibberich, from glibber "jelly."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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