† glibberyadj.

Etymology: Corresponds to Dutch glibberig (not found in Middle Dutch), late Middle Low German glibberich (modern Low German glibbrig ). Cognate forms are English glib adj.; Dutch (dialect) glib curds; English glibber adj., glibber v. = Dutch glibber adjective, glibberen verb; compare also Dutch glippen , glipperen to slip, slide, glipperig slippery. It is possible that the words may stand in ablaut-relation to Old High German gleif sloping, oblique, or that they may be onomatopoeic formations suggested by the weak grade glid of Dutch glijden , English glide v.; compare glidder n.

Obsolete.

Slippery; figurative shifty, untrustworthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [adjective]

sneaking1582

makeshift1592

glibbery1601

meeching1616

sneaky1834

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery

slippera1050

slibbery?c1225

slidderya1250

slidder1398

lubric1490

slid1513

slippery1551

icy?1552

slipperous1585

glib1594

gliding1594

slicked1594

glibbery1601

lubrical1602

slape1671

slithery1825

slithy1855

butter-smooth1868

slick1901

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B Let who will climbe ambitious glibbery rowndes, And leane vpon the vulgars rotten loue.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 What, shall thy Lubricall and glibbery Muse Liue, as she were defunct, like Punque in Stewes?

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4 His loue is glibbery; there's no hold ont, wench.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G The glibbery Ice Of vulgar fauour.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 13 The tongue..is a small member: but very glibbery and proane to ruine.

a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse ii. iv. 33 in Poems (1638) No, feed on Widdowes, have each meale an Orphan Serv'd to your Table, or a glibbery heire With all his lands melted into a morgage.

1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xiii. 96 Anointed with oile to make them slick, and glibbery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	glibbery
释义	† glibberyadj. Etymology: Corresponds to Dutch glibberig (not found in Middle Dutch), late Middle Low German glibberich (modern Low German glibbrig ). Cognate forms are English glib adj.; Dutch (dialect) glib curds; English glibber adj., glibber v. = Dutch glibber adjective, glibberen verb; compare also Dutch glippen , glipperen to slip, slide, glipperig slippery. It is possible that the words may stand in ablaut-relation to Old High German gleif sloping, oblique, or that they may be onomatopoeic formations suggested by the weak grade glid of Dutch glijden , English glide v.; compare glidder n. Obsolete. Slippery; figurative shifty, untrustworthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [adjective] sneaking1582 makeshift1592 glibbery1601 meeching1616 sneaky1834 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery slippera1050 slibbery?c1225 slidderya1250 slidder1398 lubric1490 slid1513 slippery1551 icy?1552 slipperous1585 glib1594 gliding1594 slicked1594 glibbery1601 lubrical1602 slape1671 slithery1825 slithy1855 butter-smooth1868 slick1901 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B Let who will climbe ambitious glibbery rowndes, And leane vpon the vulgars rotten loue. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 What, shall thy Lubricall and glibbery Muse Liue, as she were defunct, like Punque in Stewes? View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4 His loue is glibbery; there's no hold ont, wench. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G The glibbery Ice Of vulgar fauour. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 13 The tongue..is a small member: but very glibbery and proane to ruine. a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse ii. iv. 33 in Poems (1638) No, feed on Widdowes, have each meale an Orphan Serv'd to your Table, or a glibbery heire With all his lands melted into a morgage. 1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xiii. 96 Anointed with oile to make them slick, and glibbery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1601
随便看	to land on deaf ears to land on one's feet to land the net to land up to land with one's arse in the butter to land with one's ass in the butter to land with one's bum in the butter to land with one's etc in the butter to land with one's nose in the butter to landward to lane off to lap in lead to lap on to lap on over to lap on to to lap on upon to lap up to lapse from grace to larder to large it to large it up to lash it out to lash off to lash out to last