What is "glibbest"

Glib \Glib\ (gl[i^]b), a. [Compar. Glibber (gl[i^]b"b[~e]r); superl. Glibbest (gl[i^]b"b[e^]st).] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]

1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]

2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.

   I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not.
   --Shak.

   Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

a. (en-superlative of: glib)

See glib

1. adj. marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"

2. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [syn: pat, slick]

3. artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite" [syn: glib-tongued, smooth-tongued]

4. [also: glibbest, glibber]