GLIB, GLIBNESS
ADJECTIVES
► BUTTERED of words or speech: smooth and ingratiating; soothing, glib → 1605
► FACUNDIOUS of persons: gifted with fluent speech; eloquent, glib; of speech: copious, fluent → 1430 obs.
► FLIP glib, flippant → 1847 Eng. dial.
► LUBRICOUS voluble, glib → 1715 obs.
► PALAVERING glib, insinuating; hypocritical → 1846 Aust. & US sl.
► TONGUE-FERDY loquacious, glib-tongued, over ready of speech → 1827 Sc.
► TONGUE-RIPE garrulous, loquacious, talkative, voluble, glib → 1610 obs.
NOUNS
► FANNY glib or persuasive talk → 1933 sl.
► LUBRICITY volubility, glibness → 1603 obs.
► SPIEL glib or persuasive talk; a salesman’s patter → 1896 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FANNY MERCHANT a glib talker → 1998 UK sl.
► FLIBBER-GIBBER a lying knave; a sycophant; a glib or oily talker → 1894 obs.
► SACCHARINE LIPS a glib talker → 1989 Aust. sl.
► SPIELER a glib talker → 1894 sl.
VERBS
► FANNY to deceive or persuade by glib talk → 1938 sl.
► FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast → 1968 sl., orig. US Black
► GAB to talk much or glibly; to chatter, to prate → 1786
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