slithy

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Blend of slimy +‎ lithe

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: slīʹthē, IPA^(key): /slaɪði/

AdjectiveEdit

slithy

1. A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".

   'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky

TranslationsEdit

slimy and lithe

• Finnish: limahdikas
• French: lubricilleux

• Russian: хли́вкий ‎(xlívkij)

See alsoEdit

• Jabberwocky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Jabberwocky