Everybody knows what "to glow" is--but what's "to glower?"
Well, it means to look angrily or threateningly. And curiously, the two words may be related. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the first usage in the mid fifteenth century is "to shine."
Anyway, the word is thought to be of Scandanavian origin--from the Norse glora. Knowing what I know about the Norwegians, that seems a good guess!
No comments:
Post a Comment