glike
glike noun: a sneer; a flout.
Noun
glike (plural glikes)
- A sneer; a flout.
- For when I haue taken on both handes, I will giue him the glike which thought he had won me by his giuing.1538, John Calvin, The sermons of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the fifth booke of Moses called Deuteronomie faithfully gathered word for word as he preached them in open pulpet; together with a preface of the...
- And it is not vnlikely but that M. Dorman with others, vpon vew of D. Hardinges booke, iudgeing that he, as a graue and learned man, had ſufficiently reaſoned againſt vs, but had otherwiſe D. Harding dealte to coldely with vs (as of purpoſe auoidynge glikes , nippes, ſcoffes, bittes, cuttes, and...1565 [1564], Alexander Nowell, A Reprovfe written by Alexander Nowell of a book entituled "A Provfe of Certayn Articles in Religion denied by M. Iuell, ſet furth by Thomas Dorman, Bachiler of...
Examples of glike in a sentence
- Harding dealte to coldely with vs (as of purpoſe auoidynge glikes , nippes, ſcoffes, bittes, cuttes, and girdes, for ſo himſelfe ſaithe) […]1565 [1564], Alexander Nowell, A Reprovfe written by Alexander Nowell of a book entituled "A Provfe of Certayn Articles in Religion denied...
- Now where’s the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes? / What all amort?1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies...
- I have determined not to mind her foolish glike.1813, Joseph Neef, The Method of Instructing Children Rationally in the Arts of Writing and Reading, page 302:
Forms of glike
| plural | glikes |
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Origin of glike
See gleek (“a jest”).
Words that rhyme with glike
Questions about glike
- What does glike mean?
- Glike means a sneer; a flout.
- How do you use glike in a sentence?
- Harding dealte to coldely with vs (as of purpoſe auoidynge glikes , nippes, ſcoffes, bittes, cuttes, and girdes, for ſo himſelfe ſaithe) […]
- What part of speech is glike?
- Glike is a noun.
- What is the plural of glike?
- The plural of glike is glikes.
Words near glike in the dictionary
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