Definitions
Covered with slime, unpleasantly slippery, or morally unpleasant.
Word origin
From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the Old English noun slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy”). Equivalent to slime + -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”).
Used in a sentence
“The frog's body was all slimy.”
“Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.”
“"I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."”
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