Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giber

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: giber
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who utters gibes.

Example Sentences

"Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol."
"Come Sempronia , leave him; He is a giber; and our present business Is of more serious consequence"
"[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]"
"Aloof you stand and hear the railer's gibe / While rain their shafts on me the giber-band."

Etymology

From gibe + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gibe

Inflected Forms

gibers (plural)

Synonyms

joker

Questions

What does giber mean?: One who utters gibes.
Where does giber come from?: From gibe + -er.

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