GLIB

glib, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued

(adjective) artfully persuasive in speech; “a glib tongue”; “a smooth-tongued hypocrite”

glib, pat, slick

(adjective) having only superficial plausibility; “glib promises”; “a slick commercial”

glib

(adjective) marked by lack of intellectual depth; “glib generalizations”; “a glib response to a complex question”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

glib (comparative glibber, )

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

(dated) Smooth or slippery.

Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

Verb

glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed)

(transitive) To make glib.

Etymology 2

Noun

glib (plural glibs)

(historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.

Etymology 3

Verb

glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed)

(obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Source: Wiktionary

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Glib, a. [Compar. Glibber; superl. Glibbest.] Etym: [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]

1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]

2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. Shak.

Syn.

– Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

Glib, v. t.

Definition: To make glib. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Glib, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]

Definition: A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey.

Glib, v. t. Etym: [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]

Definition: To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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