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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

glor en · ADJ

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Fat, fatty; corpulent.

Forms

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glurr alternative lexicographic
most glor Degree=Sup lexicographic
glure alternative lexicographic
glorr alternative lexicographic
glur alternative lexicographic
glaur alternative lexicographic
glore alternative lexicographic
more glor Degree=Cmp lexicographic
gloar alternative lexicographic
glair alternative lexicographic

glor en · NOUN

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, uncountable) Fat, especially as a soft mass.

Forms

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gloar alternative lexicographic
glaur alternative lexicographic
glore alternative lexicographic
glur alternative lexicographic
glorr alternative lexicographic
glair alternative lexicographic
glurr alternative lexicographic
glure alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

glorry · glor-fat