glibbery

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English

Etymology

From Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”).^[1] or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).^[2]

Adjective

glibbery (comparative more glibbery, superlative most glibbery)

(obsolete) Slippery; changeable.
- c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida:
  His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.
(obsolete) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: , London: for M L , published 1602, →OCLC, [https://archive.org/details/poetasterorarrai00jons_0/page/n1

/mode/1up Act I, scene v]:

Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.

References

“glibbery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

^ “glibbery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “glibbery”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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