sleekedadj.
/sliːkt/ 1. Smoothed; having a glossy skin, etc.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and polished or glossy
slighta1300
politea1398
well-burnishedc1400
well-polished1485
snod?a1500
sleeked1513
sneith1513
snog1513
sleek1589
enamelled1600
polished1649
slid1719
waxen1722
glazy1724
smolt1837
patent leather1904
smarmy1909
ciré1921
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xii. 15 All fischis..doith repair Ondir the slekit see of marbill hew.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Cartêlla, a kind of sleeked pasteboord.
1616 B. Jonson Forrest viii. 23 in Wks. I Sleeked limmes, and finest blood.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. viii. 70 By reason of their..curled frisling, sleeked smoothness.
1786 R. Burns To Mouse in Poems 138 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 25 As a dove Trembling its closed eyes and sleeked wings About me.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apology 169 Complaisant smooth-sleeked flute-girls giggling gay.
2. Scottish. Specious, flattering; artful; plausible.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]
ficklinga1240
glozing1297
blandingc1315
blandishingc1374
glaveringc1394
fleering?a1400
sleekedc1400
faginga1425
smoothc1450
flattering1484
cogging1542
flatterous1546
butterya1585
smooth-tongueda1593
oily1598
silken1598
slick-tongued1598
soothing1599
sleek1601
slick1606
blandiloquous1615
supellectile1615
colloguing1620
losengeous1632
oiled-tongued1632
daubing1655
blandiloquious1689
smooth-booted1706
palavering1764
pill-gilding1764
oily-tongued1788
buttering1789
sleeky1810
smooth-spoken1821
oleaginous1833
butteraceous1837
saponaceous1837
soft-soapy1849
soapy1854
blarneying1884
smarmy1924
sweet-talking1956
smoothie1959
smarming1970
blandiloquent-
c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 1838 Oetus..Told a foule fenȝeit fortoune fals..With sleked wordis subtelly.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. x. 27 Now him withaldis the Phenitiane Dido, And cuilȝeis him with slekit wordis sle.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 533 With sleikit sonents seiming sweit.
1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxvii His sleekit speeches pass for true With ane and a'.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xii. 131 I did nae think the sleekit sinner had art enough to play 't.
1895 ‘H. Haliburton’ Dunbar: Poems adapted for Mod. Readers 92 Sleekit he was, an' carefu' to conceal.
Derivatives
ˈsleekedness n. rare.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun]
smeethnessc1000
smoothnessc1374
slickness1667
sleekedness1693
slidnessa1758
sleekness1811
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 109 If that the polish'd sleekedness thereof be darken'd by gross Breathings.
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