Sekirov Dictionary

glib

/ɡlɪb/

adjective 4
noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

adjective4

•
Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- glib answers
•
Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
- I want that glib and oily art, / To speak and purpose not. — 1603
•
Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
- Sometimes our relationship is strained, for though we both recognize each other's intelligence, he think's I'm often too serious and I think he's often too glib — 1986
(no longer used) Smooth or slippery.

noun2

•
(historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.
- Whom when she saw in wretched weedes disguiz'd, / With heary glib deform'd and meiger face, / Like ghost late risen from his grave agryz'd, / She knew him not […] — 1596
•
(slang, no longer used) A person's mouth or tongue.
- "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly." — 1857

verb2

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To make smooth or slippery.
- They are good internally in Fits of the Stone in the Kidneys, by glibbing the Ureters, and making even a large Stone pass with ease […] — 1730
•
(no longer used) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
- Fourteen they shall not see To bring false generations. They are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue. — 1610

forms

glibbed · glibbing · glibs · glibber · glibbest

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