glibbery

adj — 2 senses

glibbery

adj

Etymology From Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”). or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

1

Obsolete Slippery; changeable.

  • His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida:
2

Obsolete Moving easily; nimble; voluble.

  • Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene v:
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