Meanings
adjectivegleby (comparative more gleby, superlative most gleby)
comparative more gleby · superlative most gleby
- obsoleteturfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
Pernicious flattery! thy malignant seeds In an ill hour, and by fatal hand Sadly diffus'd o'er virtue's gleby land, With rising pride amidst the corn appear, And choke the hopes and harvest of the year.
1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)Synonyms: glebous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveturfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
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Origin
From glebe + -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).
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