[ɡlad], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- feeling pleasure or happiness
(e.g: I'm really glad to hear that)


Phrases:
- give someone the glad eye

Origin:
Old English glæd (originally in the sense ‘bright, shining’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse glathr ‘bright, joyous’ and German glatt ‘smooth’, also to Latin glaber ‘smooth, hairless’

[ɡlad], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make happy; please
(e.g: Albion's lessening shore could grieve or glad mine eye)


Phrases:
- give someone the glad eye

Origin:
Old English glæd (originally in the sense ‘bright, shining’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse glathr ‘bright, joyous’ and German glatt ‘smooth’, also to Latin glaber ‘smooth, hairless’

[ɡlad], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gladiolus
(e.g: the glads were planted in early spring)


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: abbreviation