gleek
/ɡliːk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her."
- "Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?"
- "A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye:"
- "I have seen you gleeking and / galling at this gentleman twice or thrice."
- "[…] that ſome honeſt neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaſion."
- "i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum."
Etymology
From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: glic, glücke, gelīc, *gleikr, *galaikaz, *leyg-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡliːk/
- British English: /ɡliːk/