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Definition slippery

Etymology

From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( +‎ -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip +‎ -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).

Adjective

slippery (comparative slipperier, superlative slipperiest)

1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
3. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
4. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
5. (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

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