glore
See also: Glore
English
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
glore (third-person singular simple present glores, present participle gloring, simple past and past participle glored)
- (archaic or dialectal) To gaze intently, stare.
- (archaic or dialectal) To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
- (dialectal) To glow, shine.
- (dialectal) To squint.
Noun
glore (plural glores)
Derived terms
- glory (adjective)
Etymology 2
Noun
glore (uncountable)
- Alternative form of glor (“fat”).
Adjective
glore (comparative more glore, superlative most glore)
- Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
glōre
- ablative singular of glōs
Old French
Noun
glore oblique singular, f (oblique plural glores, nominative singular glore, nominative plural glores)