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gleby

/ˈɡliːbi/

gleby adjective: turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.

Adjective

gleby (comparative more gleby, superlative most gleby)

  1. (obsolete) turfy; 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 of gleby

Forms of gleby

comparativemore gleby
superlativemost gleby

Origin of gleby

From glebe + -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).

Questions about gleby

What does gleby mean?
Gleby means turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
What part of speech is gleby?
Gleby is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gleby?
Gleby is pronounced /ˈɡliːbi/.

Words near gleby in the dictionary

  1. glebes
  2. glebifer
  3. glebifers
  4. glebous
  5. glebulose
  6. gleby
  7. glecaprevir
  8. Gleckner
  9. gled
  10. glede
  11. gledes

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