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glibbery

glibbery adjective: slippery; changeable.

Adjective

glibbery (comparative more glibbery, superlative most glibbery)

  1. (obsolete) Slippery; changeable.
    • His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida
  2. (obsolete) Moving 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

Forms of glibbery

comparativemore glibbery
superlativemost glibbery

Origin of glibbery

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

Questions about glibbery

What does glibbery mean?
Glibbery means slippery; changeable.
What part of speech is glibbery?
Glibbery is an adjective.

Words near glibbery in the dictionary

  1. gliatrophic
  2. gliatropic
  3. glib
  4. glibbed
  5. glibber
  6. glibbery
  7. glibbest
  8. glibbing
  9. glibenclamide
  10. glibenclamides
  11. glibertarian

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