glore

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare. ==== Verb ==== glore (third-person singular simple present glores, present participle gloring, simple past and past participle glored) (archaic or dialectal) To gaze intently, stare. (archaic or dialectal) To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare. (dialectal) To glow, shine. (dialectal) To squint. ==== Noun ==== glore (plural glores) (dialectal) A stare, fixed gaze. (dialectal) A glow. ===== Derived terms ===== glory (adjective) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== glore (uncountable) Alternative form of glor (“fat”). ==== Adjective ==== glore (comparative more glore, superlative most glore) Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”). === Anagrams === Lorge, Rogel, ogler, relog == Latin == === Noun === glōre ablative singular of glōs == Old French == === Noun === glore oblique singular, f (oblique plural glores, nominative singular glore, nominative plural glores) alternative form of gloire (“glory”)