glareous

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English

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Etymology

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Compare French glaireux. See glair.

Adjective

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glareous (comparative more glareous, superlative most glareous)

  1. (archaic) glairy
    • 1766, John Gregory, A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with Those of the Animal World:
      There is a glareous liquor contained in the bowels of Infants and many other Animals when they are born , which it is necessary to carry off

References

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glareous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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