gleby

English

Etymology

glebe +‎ -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliːbi/

Adjective

gleby (comparative more gleby, superlative most gleby)

1. (obsolete) turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
   • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     Pernicious flattery! thy malignant seeds
     In an ill hour, and by fatal hand
     Sadly diffus'd o'er virtue's gleby land,
     With rising pride amidst the corn appear,
     And choke the hopes and harvest of the year.

Synonyms

• glebous

References

• “gleby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛ.bɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɛbɨ
• Syllabification: gle‧by

Noun

gleby

1. inflection of gleba:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural