glore

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verb

To gaze intently, stare.

OriginMiddle English gloren ← Old English *glārian ← Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn →
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Meanings

glore1

verbglore (third-person singular simple present glores, present participle gloring, simple past and past participle glored)

present singular third person glores · participle present gloring · participle past glored · past glored

  1. archaicdialectalTo gaze intently, stare.
  2. archaicdialectalTo stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
  3. dialectalTo glow, shine.
  4. dialectalTo squint.
nounglore (plural glores)

plural glores

  1. dialectalA stare, fixed gaze.
  2. dialectalA glow.

glore2

nounglore (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of glor (“fat”).
adjectiveglore (comparative more glore, superlative most glore)

comparative more glore · superlative most glore

  1. alternativeAlternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).

Glore3

proper nounGlore (plural Glores)

plural Glores

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*glāʀōn“to shine”
  2. Old English*glārian
  3. Middle Englishgloren
  4. Englishglore

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

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APA

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MLA

“glore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glore.

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