glore
verb, noun, adjective
glore is spelled G-L-O-R-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, glore means “To glow, shine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in glore?
| Letters | 5: G-L-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glore?
Glore appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glore?
Glore has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of glore
- glores present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- gloring participle, present
- glored participle, past
- more glore comparative
- most glore superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo gaze intently, stare.
- 2
archaicTo stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
- 3
To glow, shine.
- 4
To squint.
noun
- 1
A stare, fixed gaze.
- 2
A glow.
- 3
Alternative form of glor (“fat”).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glore come from?
From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).