Glibber

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glib \Glib\ (gl[i^]b), a. [Compar. {Glibber} (gl[i^]b"b[~e]r);
     superl. {Glibbest} (gl[i^]b"b[e^]st).] [Prob. fr. D.
     glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib,
     slippery.]
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     1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]


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     2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
        fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
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              I want that glib and oily art,
              To speak and purpose not.             --Shak.
  
     Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glibber
       See {glib}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glib
       adj 1: marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib
              generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex
              question"
       2: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
          slick commercial" [syn: {pat}, {slick}]
       3: artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a
          smooth-tongued hypocrite" [syn: {glib-tongued}, {smooth-tongued}]
       [also: {glibbest}, {glibber}]