sliken
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English *slīcian.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsliken
- To smoothen, polish
- (figurative) To deceive with the tongue, butter up, flatter
Conjugation
editConjugation of sliken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “slī̆ken, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.