English Explanatory Dictionary

glimflashy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Angry

Word forms

glimflashy more glimflashy most glimflashy glim-flashy glimflashey glimflashly glimflushly

Etymology

17th century. First attested in Elisha Coles' An English Dictionary (1676). From glim (“eye”) + flashy (“flashing”). Figurative of someone's eyes flashing with anger.

Synonyms

angry
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