spittlyadj.
Marked by the presence of spittle.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > slaver > [adjective] > spittle
spettly1578
sputaminous1598
spittly1611
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty with saliva
slobberya1398
drivelledc1400
slaveryc1430
beslavered1598
slabbered1609
spittly1611
bespawled1612
slobbered1742
spittled1926
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Salival, spittlie, slimie.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saliveux, spittlie, slauering.
a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xxvi. 222 A frowzy county town, with a dusty public square, a boxy church, and a spittley court-house.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xxi. 434 Spittly and slimy..from the beast's mouth I plucked it out.
1949 L. A. G. Strong Maud Cherrill ix. 47 Once again would come the sly leer and the spittly whisper.
1980 J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men iv. 71 ‘God blosht the wet turf,’ she whispered and blasted it herself with spittly breath.
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