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English
Etymology
Compare French glaireux. See glair.
Adjective
glareous (comparative more glareous, superlative most glareous)
- (archaic) glairy
1766, John Gregory, A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with Those of the Animal World:There is a glareous liquor contained in the bowels of Infants and many other Animals when they are born , which it is necessary to carry off
References
“glareous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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