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glor

glor noun: fat, especially as a soft mass.

Noun

glor (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) Fat, especially as a soft mass.

Adjective

glor (comparative more glor, superlative most glor)

  1. (dialectal) Fat, fatty; corpulent.

Forms of glor

Noun
alternative formglorr
alternative formgloar
alternative formglair
alternative formglaur
alternative formglore
alternative formglur
alternative formglure
alternative formglurr
Adjective
comparativemore glor
superlativemost glor

Origin of glor

Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).

Words formed from glor

  • glor-fat
  • glorry

Questions about glor

What does glor mean?
Glor means fat, especially as a soft mass.
What part of speech is glor?
Glor can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near glor in the dictionary

  1. gloppily
  2. gloppiness
  3. glopping
  4. gloppy
  5. glops
  6. glor
  7. Glora
  8. Glorania
  9. glore
  10. glored
  11. Glores

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