slimy

Etymology

From Middle English slymy, from Old English slīmiġ (“slimy”), equivalent to slime +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslaɪ.mi/
• Rhymes: -aɪmi

Adjective

slimy (comparative slimier, superlative slimiest)

1. Of or pertaining to slime
2. resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime

   Synonyms: viscous, glutinous

   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere

     Slimy things did crawl with legs
     Upon the slimy sea.

3. (slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky.

Noun

slimy (plural slimies)

1. A ponyfish.

Anagrams

• misly