Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glib"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glib \Glib\, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld,
Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glib \Glib\, v. t.
To make glib. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glib \Glib\, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]
A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.]
The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long
glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging
down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them.
--Spenser.
Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. --Southey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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