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Word entry · 5 letters

slimy

Best crossword clue

"Covered with slime"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈslaɪ.mi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ilmsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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