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glacier

gla·cier

UK/ˈɡlæs.jə/ US/ˈɡleɪs.jə/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

Phrases

  • continental glacier
  • Doomsday Glacier
  • glacier bird
  • glacier buttercup
  • Glacier County
  • glacier cream
  • glacier glasses
  • glacier lily

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