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lib

verb, noun — 8 senses

lib

verbalso spelled Lib

/ˈlɪb/

Etymology From Middle English *libben (suggested by libbyng (“gelding”), lybbere (“gelder”)), related to Dutch lubben (“to castrate, emasculate”), Dutch libbe (“a steer”), lubbert (“a eunuch”). Further relation uncertain. Possibly related to Old English *lybban (“to doctor”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubbjan; or perhaps related to Old English lappa, læppa (“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lop.

1

Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals).

Related terms
glib, libbert, libbet

Lib

noun
1

Government, Politics Australian A member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

2

Government, Politics Canadian A member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

  • The same people will have you believe that François Legault — a man who calls himself “prime minister of the Quebec nation” — would gladly watch his beloved nation’s hospital system crumble just to own the Libs.2022 December 22, Rahim Mohamed, “Rahim Mohamed: Team Trudeau gaslighting Canadians on health transfers”, in National Post:
Related terms
Dem, Rep

lib

noun

Etymology Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-.

1

Government, Politics liberal

  • own the libs
2

liberation

  • women's lib
3

library

4

libertarian

Derived terms
libber, LIBlet, lib out, libspeak, libtoid, shitlib, ziolib

lib

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb, lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”).

1

Scotland, UK, Dialectal A potion; magic potion; charm; concoction.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for lib and Lib.