GLIBBERY

Etymology

Adjective

glibbery (comparative more glibbery, superlative most glibbery)

(obsolete) Slippery; changeable.

(obsolete) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.

Source: Wiktionary


Glib"ber*y, a.

1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.] My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't. Marston.

2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.] Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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