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Glibber
(gcide) | Glib \Glib\ (gl[i^]b), a. [Compar. Glibber (gl[i^]b"b[~e]r);
superl. Glibbest (gl[i^]b"b[e^]st).] [Prob. fr. D.
glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib,
slippery.]
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1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
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2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
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I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not. --Shak.
Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
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Glibbery
(gcide) | Glibbery \Glib"ber*y\, a.
1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.]
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My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.
--Marston.
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2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]
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Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. --B. Jonson.
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