glibness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English glib Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English glibness From glib + -ness.

1. The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding.

   “Word often fail me at my moments of my greatest need, my accustomed glibness falls into inarticulacy or babbling at walls when confronted with the necessity of such intimate speech.”