Etymology

gladder

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Middle English gladere ← Old English glædra
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gladder · adjective1

  1. Old English · derived fromglædra
  2. Middle English · derived fromgladere
  3. English todaygladder

From Middle English gladere, from Old English glædra (adjective), glador (adverb), comparative of glæd (“glad, shining, bright”). More at glad.

gladder · verb2

  1. Old English · derived from*gladrian“to make glad”
  2. Middle English · derived from*gladderen
  3. English todaygladder

From gladder (“one who makes glad”), or perhaps from Middle English *gladderen, from Old English *gladrian (“to make glad”), equivalent to glad + -er (fequentative suffix).

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