slimy
adjetivosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Canadá//ˈslaɪ.mi//
- Australia//ˈslɑe.mi//
- Nueva Zelanda//ˈslaɪ.mi//
- Nueva Zelanda/[ˈslɑe̯.mi]/
Of or pertaining to slime.
adjetivo
- 1
Of or pertaining to slime.
- 2
Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime.
The frog's body was all slimy.
Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
- 3
figuradoFriendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.
"I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."
- 4
figuradoFilthy; disgusting; unclean.
Act two: A social scientist has the student watch either a neutral film, nonviolent porn, or some slimy concoction that shows a woman being raped violently (and apparently enjoying it).
Etimología
From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the Old English noun slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy”). Equivalent to slime + -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”).
sustantivo
- 1
A ponyfish.
Formas
- plural
- slimies
- comparativo
- slimier
- superlativo
- slimiest