(“slippery”). or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span>) (obsolete) Slippery; changeable. c. 1599, John...
Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene v: thy lubrical and <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span> muse...
Back-formation from glibberig (“slimy”). Cognate with English glib, archaic <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span>. Glibber m (strong, genitive Glibbers, no plural) (informal) slime, jelly...
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Compare Dutch glibberig, English <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span>. IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪbəʁɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪbəʁɪk/ (common form in...
August 2007 IPA(key): /ɡlɪb/ Rhymes: -ɪb A shortening of either English <span class="searchmatch">glibbery</span> (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”)...