glib

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective marked by lack of intellectual depth
  2. adjective having only superficial plausibility
  3. adjective artfully persuasive in speech

Etymology

A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

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