Glob

Morpheme

Glob

Type

free base

Denotation

blob, lump, amorphous mass

Etymology

1900 of unknown origin, possibly blend of blob +‎ gob or clip of globule

Evidence

glob, globbed, globbier, globbiest, globbing, globby, globs

Notes

phonosemantic <gl> denoting “stickiness, viscosity, thickness, unpleasant liquids”

See Also

Blob, Gob, Globe

Homographs

Glob