glib

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlɪb/ Rhymes: -ɪb === Etymology 1 === A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). ==== Adjective ==== glib (comparative glibber, superlative glibbest) Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow. (archaic, literal) Smooth or slippery. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued. Synonyms: facile, suave Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed) (transitive) To make smooth or slippery. 1628, Joseph Hal, “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366, [7] There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth. ==== Noun ==== glib (plural glibs) (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's mouth or tongue. Synonym: dubber === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Irish glib. ==== Noun ==== glib (plural glibs) (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland. === Etymology 3 === Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben. ==== Verb ==== glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed) (obsolete) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. == Irish == === Alternative forms === gliob === Etymology === Related to clib, clibín (“matted hair”) === Noun === glib f (genitive singular glibe, nominative plural glibeanna) forelock fringe (hanging hair over forehead) dishevelled hair ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: glib (“mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “glib”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 547; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “glib”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gliba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlîːb/ === Noun === glȋb m inan (Cyrillic spelling гли̑б) mud, mire ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “glib”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026