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glypes

glypes is the plural of glype.

Meaning of glype

Noun

glype (plural glypes)

  1. (Ireland, slang) A stupid and annoying person.
    • Ye wee bit rakin' cheeky glypes, / Ye'll gang nae farther noo, / A jumpin' burns and six-fit dykes, / And rashes wadin' through.1896, William Handling, Grandmother's Death and Other Poems http://books.google.com/books?id=pqgtAAAAMAAJ, New Haven: George D. Bone, page 8

Questions about glypes

What is glypes the plural of?
Glypes is the plural of glype.

Words near glypes in the dictionary

  1. glyoxylin
  2. glyoxyline
  3. glyoxysome
  4. glyoxysomes
  5. glype
  6. glypes
  7. glyph
  8. glypheid
  9. glypheids
  10. glyphic
  11. glyphically

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