Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glaver

/ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glaver
IPA: /ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flatter; to wheedle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite."
"Luke. Item, that the Honourable Ms. Gloriana Strut is ſo fantaſtical in her Dreſs, and trifles away ſo many Hours in admiring herſelf, and being glavered by her Maid, that ſhe always comes into Church, when the reſt of the Congregation are intent upon their Devotions;"
"No doubt the users of hackney-coaches “glavered” on the users of glass-coaches. To glaver, need we say, was to fawn — with words of glozing courtesy, to flatter deceitfully."

Etymology

Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh glafr (“flattery”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

glavers (present, singular) glavering (participle, present) glavered (participle, past) glavered (past)

Derived Forms

glaverer

Synonyms

jolly lay it on thick puff brush up to collogue flatter flatterize glaver gloze make fair weather palaver preen

Questions

How do you pronounce glaver?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/.
What does glaver mean?: To flatter; to wheedle.
Where does glaver come from?: Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh glafr (“flattery”).

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