Meanings
adjectiveglareous (comparative more glareous, superlative most glareous)
comparative more glareous · superlative most glareous
- archaicglairy
There is a glareous liquor contained in the bowels of Infants and many other Animals when they are born , which it is necessary to carry off
1766, John Gregory, A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with Those of the Animal World
Origin
Compare French glaireux. See glair.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glareous
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
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APA
glareous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glareous
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“glareous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glareous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glareous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glareous.
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