slippyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈslɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈslɪpi/

Forms: Also 1500s slyppie, 1500s–1600s slippie.

Etymology: < slip v.¹ + -y suffix¹; compare Middle High German slipfec, -ig, obsolete German schlipfig. Not directly connected with Old English slipig viscid.

1. = slippery adj., in various literal and figurative senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]

unsicker?c1225

uncertaina1382

unsadc1384

untristya1387

untrustya1387

unsurec1412

falliblec1425

slipperc1430

ficklea1450

frivol1488

slidder?a1500

casuala1535

slippery1548

slippy1548

failable1561

doubtful1562

lubricious1584

slope1587

queasy1589

unconfirmedc1592

nice1598

catching1603

loose1603

precary1606

ambiguous1612

treacherous1612

unsafe1615

unsureda1616

precarious1626

lubric1631

dubious1635

lubricous1646

unestablished1646

unfixed1654

unsecure?a1685

unreliable1810

unproven1836

untrustworthy1846

shady1848

wobbly1877

Kaffir1899

independable1921

dodgy1961

temperamental1962

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip

sliddera1000

slidderya1250

slipperc1290

slidingc1325

slithera1340

glintc1475

slippery1535

slippy1548

sliddy1623

slidy1880

skiddy1902

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]

ficklea1000

hinderyeapc1000

swikelc1000

as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE

fakenOE

swikefulc1100

frakelc1175

swikec1175

wrenchfulc1225

wielfulc1275

ginfulc1300

guileful13..

treacherousc1330

guilesomea1382

guilousc1384

enginousa1393

deceivant1393

treacherc1400

serpentinec1422

deceivousa1425

guilyc1430

beguilous1483

slapea1500

fallacious1509

treget1519

gaudya1529

beguileful1530

Spanish1530

juggling?1531

snakish1532

prestigious?1534

knack-hardy1549

pratting1570

fogging1585

snakya1586

abusive1595

faithless1597

faiterous1600

guiled1600

trompant1605

amusing1609

braida1616

dodging1625

Ulyssean1639

tricksome1648

knackish1660

hocus-pocus1668

bubbling1675

rusé1689

tricking1697

trickish1705

lurching1728

tricksy1766

trickful1775

tricky1786

slippy1828

shirky1847

dodgy1861

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

hyping1968

deceiteous-

(a)

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 154 It pleased him..to mocke the glory of this worlde, shewing howe vaine it is and howe slippie to trust to.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 1 Tim. in Paraphr. New Test. iii. f. 11 Not bablers, or women of slyppie credence.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘A slippy chap,’ an unfair dealer, in whom is no confidence or security.

(b)?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. B2 From it (being moist, and slippie) she doth slipp, To thy faire Teeth.1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 79 Because the waters ebb and flow the sand Is slippy.1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 132 The side of the bark which has been upon the wood..is smooth and slippy.1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 313 Those slippy, shiny-looking wooden chairs, peculiar to places of this description.1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xi. 352 Turning short, particularly in slippy weather.1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 166 The hill was steep, and whortle-berry bushes slippy to the feet.

2. dialect or colloquial. Of persons: Nimble, spry; sharp, quick; esp. in to be or look slippy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly

lightOE

quiverOE

wight1390

yerna1400

sharpc1440

fisking?1523

skeetc1540

nimblea1547

flit1590

brisk1599

brisky1600

smart1602

whipping1602

running1662

nimble-movinga1676

snack1710

brushing1792

adance1828

slippy1847

nippy1849

smartish1921

hoppy1934

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Slippy, very quick. Var. dial.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 247 Come, be slippy.

1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 212 I don't know what may happen, so you'll have to look slippy.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. v. 57 Get out the lot we've just branded,..and look slippy.

1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow ii. 61 ‘Now my young buck-rabbit,’ he said. ‘Slippy!’

1924 D. Moore Fen's First Term i. 4 There is a hurry... Go and change and look slippy.

1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin xi. 178 Both of you get out of the car... And make it slippy, because I haven't got all day.

3. Mining. (See quot. 1883.)

ΚΠ

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 227 Slippy Backs, vertical planes of cleavage occurring every four or five inches in the seam of coal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slippy
释义	slippyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈslɪpi/, U.S. /ˈslɪpi/ Forms: Also 1500s slyppie, 1500s–1600s slippie. Etymology: < slip v.¹ + -y suffix¹; compare Middle High German slipfec, -ig, obsolete German schlipfig. Not directly connected with Old English slipig viscid. 1. = slippery adj., in various literal and figurative senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip sliddera1000 slidderya1250 slipperc1290 slidingc1325 slithera1340 glintc1475 slippery1535 slippy1548 sliddy1623 slidy1880 skiddy1902 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] ficklea1000 hinderyeapc1000 swikelc1000 as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE fakenOE swikefulc1100 frakelc1175 swikec1175 wrenchfulc1225 wielfulc1275 ginfulc1300 guileful13.. treacherousc1330 guilesomea1382 guilousc1384 enginousa1393 deceivant1393 treacherc1400 serpentinec1422 deceivousa1425 guilyc1430 beguilous1483 slapea1500 fallacious1509 treget1519 gaudya1529 beguileful1530 Spanish1530 juggling?1531 snakish1532 prestigious?1534 knack-hardy1549 pratting1570 fogging1585 snakya1586 abusive1595 faithless1597 faiterous1600 guiled1600 trompant1605 amusing1609 braida1616 dodging1625 Ulyssean1639 tricksome1648 knackish1660 hocus-pocus1668 bubbling1675 rusé1689 tricking1697 trickish1705 lurching1728 tricksy1766 trickful1775 tricky1786 slippy1828 shirky1847 dodgy1861 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 hyping1968 deceiteous- (a) 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 154 It pleased him..to mocke the glory of this worlde, shewing howe vaine it is and howe slippie to trust to. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 1 Tim. in Paraphr. New Test. iii. f. 11 Not bablers, or women of slyppie credence. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘A slippy chap,’ an unfair dealer, in whom is no confidence or security. (b)?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. B2 From it (being moist, and slippie) she doth slipp, To thy faire Teeth.1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 79 Because the waters ebb and flow the sand Is slippy.1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 132 The side of the bark which has been upon the wood..is smooth and slippy.1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 313 Those slippy, shiny-looking wooden chairs, peculiar to places of this description.1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xi. 352 Turning short, particularly in slippy weather.1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 166 The hill was steep, and whortle-berry bushes slippy to the feet. 2. dialect or colloquial. Of persons: Nimble, spry; sharp, quick; esp. in to be or look slippy. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly lightOE quiverOE wight1390 yerna1400 sharpc1440 fisking?1523 skeetc1540 nimblea1547 flit1590 brisk1599 brisky1600 smart1602 whipping1602 running1662 nimble-movinga1676 snack1710 brushing1792 adance1828 slippy1847 nippy1849 smartish1921 hoppy1934 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Slippy, very quick. Var. dial. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 247 Come, be slippy. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 212 I don't know what may happen, so you'll have to look slippy. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. v. 57 Get out the lot we've just branded,..and look slippy. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow ii. 61 ‘Now my young buck-rabbit,’ he said. ‘Slippy!’ 1924 D. Moore Fen's First Term i. 4 There is a hurry... Go and change and look slippy. 1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin xi. 178 Both of you get out of the car... And make it slippy, because I haven't got all day. 3. Mining. (See quot. 1883.) ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 227 Slippy Backs, vertical planes of cleavage occurring every four or five inches in the seam of coal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slippyadj.² Brit. /ˈslɪpi/, U.S. /ˈslɪpi/ Etymology: < slip n.² + -y suffix¹. Slim; slender. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] genta1275 smallc1275 slendera1400 slightc1400 gauntc1440 light-bodiedc1487 jimp?a1513 slender-bodied1611 snever1640 slim1657 gend1676 scranky1735 light built1778 sveltea1825 spindly1827 slimmish1841 slippy1883 slenderish1894 slim-down1978 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 May 4/1 Mdlle. Julie has a slight, slippy figure. 1892 Daily News 6 June 2/2 This tall, lithe, slippy figure has much in common with the graceful reeds which bend all round about her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1548adj.²1883
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