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English

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Possibly a blend of blob +‎ gob or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.[1])

In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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glob (plural globs)

  1. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
    He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
  2. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
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Verb

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glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. To stick in globs or lumps.
    • 2024, Mimi Matthews, The Muse of Maiden Lane, page 58:
      [] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.

Etymology 2

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Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.

Noun

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glob (plural globs)

  1. (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.

Verb

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glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 359

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Anagrams

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Malay

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Etymology

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From English globe, from late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡlop]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Hyphenation: glob

Noun

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glob (Jawi spelling ݢلوب)

  1. A globe (spherical model of Earth).

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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glob

Etymology

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Borrowed from French globe.[1] Doublet of globus.

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Noun

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glob m inan (related adjective globowy)

  1. (countable, astronomy) globe, planet (large celestial body belonging to a planetary system)
    Synonym: planeta
    Hypernym: ciało niebieskie
  2. (uncountable) globe (planet on which people live; Earth in reference only to the planet without its gaseous envelope)
    Synonym: ziemia
    Hypernym: planeta

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “glob”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • glob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • glob in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French globe, from Latin globus.

Noun

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glob n (plural globuri)

  1. globe (all senses)

Declension

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Declension of glob
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative glob globul globuri globurile
genitive-dative glob globului globuri globurilor
vocative globule globurilor

Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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glob c

  1. a globe

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