Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Glibbest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glib \Glib\, a. [Compar. {Glibber}; superl. {Glibbest}.] [Prob.
fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig,
glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose
not. --Shak.
Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.
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