slimyadj.

Brit.

/ˈslʌɪmi/, U.S.

/ˈslaɪmi/

Forms: Middle English–1500s, 1700s slymy (1500s sleymy), 1500s–1600s slymie; 1500s slimye, 1500s–1600s slimie, 1500s– slimy.

Etymology: < slime n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch slimich (Dutch slijmig), Middle High German slîmich (Low German and North Frisian slîmig, older Danish slimig), Middle High German slîmic (German schleimig).

a. Of the nature or consistency of slime; viscous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy

slimy1398

limousc1420

engleimous?c1475

gleety1483

slimely1528

mucous1578

slimish1648

vasy1742

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vi. xxi Slymy water and glewye..stauncheþ rennyng of blood.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 65 A Calcedonie in Slymy substance.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 92 The poulse called Lenticula, and they that are slymy like malowes.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. 9 ^v, in Bulwarke of Defence Presse oute of all these the slimy sape.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 238 They annoint themselves with a certain slimie oyntment.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 From their Groins they shed A slimy Juice.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 370 Th' insinuating Eel, that hides his Head Beneath the slimy Mud.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 25 That slimy substance with which it is so copiously furnished.

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom x. 130 It is concealed by a brownish slimy secretion.

1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets lviii His foot slips in their slimy oil.

b. technical. Of ore: In the form of slime.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [adjective] > qualities

slimy1778

high-grade1847

kerned1849

free-milling1872

lean1901

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 227 Moving the slimy Tin to and fro with a light hand.

a. Characterized by the presence of slime; covered with slime.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy > characterized by presence of slimy matter

slimy1377

slimed1393

greasy1801

snaily1870

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > slimy

slimy1377

slimed1393

ooky1964

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 392 Þanne come sleuthe al bislabered with two slymy eiȝen.

1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 7 The hole herbe is very sleymy and full of slepery iuice.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vii. xxvii. 582 The fire..was of the wood of fat and slimy firre-trees.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 36 In this slimy Animal..are very many rare and excellent Observables.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 13 Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy Sea.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 303 The stem is round, slimy, and smooth.

1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water iii Down the broken walls clung slimy weeds and mosses.

b. esp. Of rivers, shores, etc.

ΚΠ

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. v [The Nile is] troublye, erþy, slymy, and wosie.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 154 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 111 That rich land, where-ouer Nilus trailes Of his wett robe the slymy seedy train.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 9 The Saxons..that had giuen vp the ghost, in those slymie plashie fieldes of Gorlstone.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 493 A pit of standing water..wherein euery morning they wash themselues, although it be greene, slimie, and stinking.

1650 T. Venner Via Recta 98 In slimy and muddy rivers.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 138 On the slimy shores, And weed-overgrown continents of earth.

1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 18 A slimy, poisonous-looking swamp.

1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xv. 123 The black slimy sides of the ditch.

3. transferred and figurative. Morally defiled or objectionable; vile, disgusting.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive

uglya1300

misshapenc1400

deformed1555

slimy1575

squalida1660

1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians iii. 1 The slimy Body and the Remnants of Sin remain still in us.

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xv. sig. S3^v If thou want'st slime, beholde thy slimie faults.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. vi. 482 What slimie bold presumtious groome is he?

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 278 The rest are all by bad Example led, And in their Father's slimy Track they tread.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 432 The locust-fiends that crawled And glittered in Corruption's slimy track.

1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 165 I'll spoil his beauty, the slimy little liar!

Compounds

slimy-born adj.

ΚΠ

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 18 A slimy-born and sun-begotten Tribe.

slimy-coated adj.

ΚΠ

1840 C. Howard Farming at Ridgemont 139 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III These slimy-coated insects are all abroad in the night.

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

单词	slimy
释义	slimyadj. Brit. /ˈslʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈslaɪmi/ Forms: Middle English–1500s, 1700s slymy (1500s sleymy), 1500s–1600s slymie; 1500s slimye, 1500s–1600s slimie, 1500s– slimy. Etymology: < slime n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch slimich (Dutch slijmig), Middle High German slîmich (Low German and North Frisian slîmig, older Danish slimig), Middle High German slîmic (German schleimig). 1. a. Of the nature or consistency of slime; viscous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy slimy1398 limousc1420 engleimous?c1475 gleety1483 slimely1528 mucous1578 slimish1648 vasy1742 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vi. xxi Slymy water and glewye..stauncheþ rennyng of blood. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 65 A Calcedonie in Slymy substance. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 92 The poulse called Lenticula, and they that are slymy like malowes. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. 9 ^v, in Bulwarke of Defence Presse oute of all these the slimy sape. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 238 They annoint themselves with a certain slimie oyntment. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 From their Groins they shed A slimy Juice. View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 370 Th' insinuating Eel, that hides his Head Beneath the slimy Mud. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 25 That slimy substance with which it is so copiously furnished. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom x. 130 It is concealed by a brownish slimy secretion. 1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets lviii His foot slips in their slimy oil. b. technical. Of ore: In the form of slime. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [adjective] > qualities slimy1778 high-grade1847 kerned1849 free-milling1872 lean1901 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 227 Moving the slimy Tin to and fro with a light hand. 2. a. Characterized by the presence of slime; covered with slime. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy > characterized by presence of slimy matter slimy1377 slimed1393 greasy1801 snaily1870 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > slimy slimy1377 slimed1393 ooky1964 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 392 Þanne come sleuthe al bislabered with two slymy eiȝen. 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 7 The hole herbe is very sleymy and full of slepery iuice. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vii. xxvii. 582 The fire..was of the wood of fat and slimy firre-trees. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 36 In this slimy Animal..are very many rare and excellent Observables. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 13 Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy Sea. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 303 The stem is round, slimy, and smooth. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water iii Down the broken walls clung slimy weeds and mosses. b. esp. Of rivers, shores, etc. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. v [The Nile is] troublye, erþy, slymy, and wosie. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 154 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 111 That rich land, where-ouer Nilus trailes Of his wett robe the slymy seedy train. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 9 The Saxons..that had giuen vp the ghost, in those slymie plashie fieldes of Gorlstone. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 493 A pit of standing water..wherein euery morning they wash themselues, although it be greene, slimie, and stinking. 1650 T. Venner Via Recta 98 In slimy and muddy rivers. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 138 On the slimy shores, And weed-overgrown continents of earth. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 18 A slimy, poisonous-looking swamp. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xv. 123 The black slimy sides of the ditch. 3. transferred and figurative. Morally defiled or objectionable; vile, disgusting. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive uglya1300 misshapenc1400 deformed1555 slimy1575 squalida1660 1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians iii. 1 The slimy Body and the Remnants of Sin remain still in us. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xv. sig. S3^v If thou want'st slime, beholde thy slimie faults. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. vi. 482 What slimie bold presumtious groome is he? 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 278 The rest are all by bad Example led, And in their Father's slimy Track they tread. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 432 The locust-fiends that crawled And glittered in Corruption's slimy track. 1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 165 I'll spoil his beauty, the slimy little liar! Compounds slimy-born adj. ΚΠ 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 18 A slimy-born and sun-begotten Tribe. slimy-coated adj. ΚΠ 1840 C. Howard Farming at Ridgemont 139 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III These slimy-coated insects are all abroad in the night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1377
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