glory
Great beauty and splendor.
Noun 4 meanings
Great beauty and splendor.
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Worship or praise.
Verb 2 meanings
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
To boast; to be proud.
Etymology
From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.
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GLORY at a glance
GLORY has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + L 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,809 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with glory
All rhymesOne letter away
- FLORY11
- GLARY9
- GLOBY11
- GOORY9
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