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glanceful

noun

Etymology

From glance + -ful.

  1. derived from *weng-✻ — “to bend”
  2. derived from *wankijan✻ — “to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”
  3. derived from guenchir
  4. derived from glaciēs — “ice”
  5. derived from *glacia✻
  6. derived from glacier
  7. inherited from glenchen — “of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”
  8. suffixed as glanceful — “glance + ful”

Definitions

  1. That which is perceived at a glance.

    • One album opened on her lap to show a glanceful of red snowsuits, Christmas trees, armloads of grinning dolls, and beautiful tall children who smiled, drew pictures and were happy.

  2. That which is communicated by a glance.

    • Frau Ellen was bright as the poppy in flower Yet no fragrance came forth from its bloom, Her smiling lip curled with mockery sour, Her eye cast a glanceful of doom.

  3. Characterized by glances.

    • Transcends in organs apt this puny fly, Her fine-strung feelers, and her glanceful eye, Set with ten thousand lenses."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA