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glore.

To gaze intently, stare.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. To gaze intently, stare.

    archaic · dialectal

  2. To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.

    archaic · dialectal

  3. To glow, shine.

    dialectal

  4. To squint.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

noun

  1. A stare, fixed gaze.

    dialectal

  2. A glow.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

noun

  1. Alternative form of glor (“fat”).

    alt-of · alternative · uncountable
adj

  1. Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).

    alt-of · alternative
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