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spittly, a.
Also spittley.
[f. spittle n.2]
Marked by the presence of spittle.
1611Cotgr., Salival, spittlie, slimie. Ibid., Saliveux, spittlie, slauering. a1861[see boxy a.2 1]. 1935E. R. Eddison Mistress xxi. 434 Spittly and slimy..from the beast's mouth I plucked it out. 1949L. A. G. Strong Maud Cherrill ix. 47 Once again would come the sly leer and the spittly whisper. 1980J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men iv. 71 ‘God blosht the wet turf,’ she whispered and blasted it herself with spittly breath. |