slutchyadj.
/ˈslʌtʃi/, U.S. /ˈslətʃi/ Now chiefly English regional (chiefly north-western and north-west midlands).
Muddy, slushy.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective]
slabby1542
pottagy1565
uliginous1576
softa1593
slabbery1600
creamy1610
slutchy1627
slabberish1648
pappy1662
semifluid1775
sloppy1794
sloshy1797
custardy1824
viscous1830
gruelly1838
sposhy1842
squishy1847
squitchy1851
pea-soupy1859
porridgey1859
soupy1869
custardly1870
gloopy1929
gunky1937
spawn-like1938
squodgy1970
gloppy1976
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective]
slag1440
muddyc1450
lutulentc1600
slutchy1627
luteous1656
sludgy1782
slubby1823
slaky?1841
slobby1843
muddyish1853
1627 G. Richardson Of State of Europe iii. 32 Stanemore, a high, & mountainous region,..exposed to continuall windes, and stormes, and affording a slutchie, troublesome, and ill way for travellers.
1701 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 291 Pan-tiles..requiring a blew slutchy clay.
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 78 Lodged under slutchy ground, near low-water mark.
a1890 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather (1892) Ser. ii. 95 The highway was full of slutchy ruts.
2017 Chorley Guardian (Nexis) 28 Mar. It's just slutchy and dirty, it's not quite over your shoes, but it's just awful for people walking under there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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