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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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