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glib

adj.
US //ˈɡɫɪb// UK //ɡlˈɪb// glib Archaic Slang
Synonyms
Etymology 1

A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

Etymology 2

From Irish glib.

Etymology 3

Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben.

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