glibbery

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adjective

Slippery; changeable.

OriginLow German glibberig, glibberich ← Dutch glibberig →
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Meanings

adjectiveglibbery (comparative more glibbery, superlative most glibbery)

comparative more glibbery · superlative most glibbery

  1. obsoleteSlippery; changeable.

    His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.

    c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida
  2. obsoleteMoving easily; nimble; voluble.

    Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.

    1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene v

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
slippery

Origin

  1. Dutchglibberig“slippery”
  2. Low Germanglibberig, glibberich“slippery”
  3. Englishglibbery

From Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”). or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

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Chicago

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