glib

Definitions


[ɡlɪb], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow
(e.g: the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (also in the sense ‘smooth, unimpeded’): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ‘slippery’ and German glibberig ‘slimy’




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