English
glibbery
Glibbery comes from Low German glibberig ‘slippery’.
- Low Germanmodernglibberig‘slippery’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599glibbery
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Low Germanmodernglibberig‘slippery’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599glibbery
Earliest quotation: c. 1599, John Marston: “His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.”
Every English word from Low German glibberig
Today it means
adj Slippery; changeable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Low German glibberig / glibbery