glib
adjective
1.
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”
3.
- “a glib tongue”
- “a smooth-tongued hypocrite”
Origin
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
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