Etymology

glower

glow·er
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Today it means: To look or stare with anger. Full definition →

First used late 15th c.Middle English glōren
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glower · verb, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromglōren
  2. English todayglower

From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. By surface analysis, glow + -er (fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.

glower · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromglouere
  2. English todayglower

From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow + -er.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishglōren all →

glore

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 15th c. To look or stare with anger.
  • from late 15th c. An angry glare or stare.

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