glareous

English

Etymology

Compare French glaireux. See glair.

Adjective

glareous (comparative more glareous, superlative most glareous)

  1. (archaic) glairy
    • 1766, John Gregory, A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with Those of the Animal World:
      There is a glareous liquor contained in the bowels of Infants and many other Animals when they are born , which it is necessary to carry off

References

glareous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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