English

Abbreviation

Lib

1. The Libertarian party.
2. The astrological sign, Libra.

See also

• Dem
• Rep

Anagrams

• bil

English

Abbreviation

lib

1. liberal
2. liberation

   women's lib

3. library

External links

• lib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb ‎(“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-Germanic *lubją ‎(“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- ‎(“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- ‎(“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe ‎(“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf ‎(“medicine, drug”).

Noun

lib ‎(plural libs)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A potion; magic potion; charm.

Etymology 3

From Middle English libben, related to Dutch lubben ‎(“to castrate, emasculate”), Dutch libbe ‎(“a steer”), lubbert ‎(“a eunuch”). Further relation uncertain. Possibly related to Old English *lybbian ‎(“to doctor”), from lybb (see above); or perhaps related to Old English lappa, læppa ‎(“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lop.

Verb

lib ‎(third-person singular simple present libs, present participle libbing, simple past and past participle libbed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals).

Related terms

• glib
• libbert
• libbet

Anagrams

• bil

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French libre ‎(“free”). 

Adjective

lib

1. free

Irish

Pronoun

lib

1. Galway form of libh

Lojban

Rafsi

lib

1. rafsi of libjo.

Volapük

Noun

lib ‎(plural libs)

1. freedom

Declension