glibbery

English

Etymology

Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”)[1] or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).[2]

Adjective

glibbery (comparative more glibbery, superlative most glibbery)

(obsolete) Slippery; changeable.
- c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida
  His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.
(obsolete) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene v:
  
  Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.

References

“glibbery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

“glibbery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“glibbery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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