glabrous
/ˈɡleɪbɹəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[T]he Vernacula or French Elm, whoſe leaves are thicker, and more florid, glabrous and ſmooth, delighting in the lower and moiſter grounds, where they will ſometimes riſe to above an hundred foot in height; […]"
- "[Crotalaria obtecta] Stems tall, erect, branched: stipules not decurrent: leaves simple, usually glabrous on the upper side: […] legumes oblong, many-seeded, glabrous or softly pubescent."
- "'I am bound by precedent,' said the First Lord, turning a vast glabrous expressionless face from Harte to Sir Joseph."
- "Adriaan rose, pulling out his limbering glabrous cock, his eyes happy."
- "The glabrous old head cranks round on him, stiff and slow, until the clouded eyes draw level with his own."
Etymology
From Latin glaber (“smooth; bald, hairless”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives, denoting possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance). Glaber is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth; bright, shining”), possibly from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰleh₂dʰ-, glaber
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡleɪbɹəs/
- British English: /ˈɡleɪbɹəs/
Inflected Forms
more glabrous (comparative)
most glabrous (superlative)