glib
suomi-englanti sanakirjaglib englannista suomeksi
kaunisteleva
lipeväkielinen
liukaskielinen
Substantiivi
glib englanniksi
Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
(co)
(quote-journal)
(ux)
Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
(syn)
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear)
(quote-journal) Merope-Synge. “They have talked about the need for zero tolerance and about leadership. But there are a whole bunch of victims of UN abuse who perceive the UK as very glib about supporting victims.”
(quote-book)
(quote-web)
To make smooth or slippery.
1628, (w), “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in ''The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D.'', Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366, https://books.google.ca/books?id=8iUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
- There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Regained)
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A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
{{RQ:Spenser Ireland
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(RQ:Kingsley Westward Ho)
(rfv-sense) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
(RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale)