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)

1. (archaic or dialectal) To gaze intently, stare.
2. (archaic or dialectal) To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
3. (dialectal) To glow, shine.
4. (dialectal) To squint.

Noun

glore (plural glores)

1. (dialectal) A stare, fixed gaze.
2. (dialectal) A glow.

Derived terms

• glory (adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

glore (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of glor (“fat”)

Adjective

glore (comparative more glore, superlative most glore)

1. Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”)

Anagrams

• Lorge, Rogel, ogler, relog

Latin

Noun

glōre

1. ablative singular of glōs

Old French

Noun

glore oblique singular, f (oblique plural glores, nominative singular glore, nominative plural glores)

1. Alternative form of gloire (“glory”)