slidderyadj.

Forms: Middle English slid(d)ri, Middle English slydrye, 1500s slyddry, slyddrie, 1500s–1600s slidrie, 1700s slidd'ry, 1700s–1800s sliddry; Middle English slideri, Middle English slidery, slydery, sledery (1500s Scottish slederie), Middle English, 1600s (1800s) slidderie, 1800s sliddery.

Etymology: < slidder v. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch sliderich.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsliddery.

Now dialect.

a. Slippery; on which one may readily slip.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip

sliddera1000

slidderya1250

slipperc1290

slidingc1325

slithera1340

glintc1475

slippery1535

slippy1548

sliddy1623

slidy1880

skiddy1902

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 113 To wel we hit wuteð hu ðe wei of þisse worlde is sliddri [?c1225 Cleo. slibbri; c1230 Corpus slubbri].

c1280 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1875) 221 Bi a luytel bosk he tok his hondlyng, And set his feet on a slidri bas.

c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 160 [The way is] slidery.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxviii. 22 Thei han drenchid thee doun in the myre, and in the sledery thing thi feet.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 They can unuthe stande upon theyre fete so slydrye it is.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1835 in Poems (1981) 71 Slonkis and slaik maid slidderie with the sleit.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 42 Slyddry glar so from wallis went That oft thar feyt was smyttyn vp on loft.

a1724 in Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1876) II. 219 Is not this warld a slidd'ry ball? And thinks men strange to catch a fall?

1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 110 Slimy and sliddery as the sea-weed.

1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecd. 147 The floor was as sliddery as ice.

b. Uncertain, unstable, changeable, fleeting. (Cf. slidder adj. 1c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 980 Þe eȝen of vr inward þouht Lyft vp from slideri þinge.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 102 Full slyddrie is the sait that thay on sit.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 292 Quhair may be seine how vnconstant and slidrie was the end of that battell.

c1610 W. Mure Sonn. x, in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 56 Quhose othe & promeis ar a slidrie ground To build wpon, to make a man assuird.

1640 Canterburians Self-Convict. 32 A full peace in tearmes so generall, so ambiguous, so slidderie.

1786 R. Burns Poems 228 Tho' I to foreign lands must hie, Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba'.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 27 It will be present service..which, in these sliddery times, will be expected by a man like the Marquis.

2. Inclined or prone to slip. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > slipping or sliding > inclined to

slidderya1382

sliddera1425

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iv. 18 Thei maden slidery oure steppis in the weie of oure stretes.

3. Of a smooth or slippery nature. Also figurative, sly, deceitful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery

slippera1050

slibbery?c1225

slidderya1250

slidder1398

lubric1490

slid1513

slippery1551

icy?1552

slipperous1585

glib1594

gliding1594

slicked1594

glibbery1601

lubrical1602

slape1671

slithery1825

slithy1855

butter-smooth1868

slick1901

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]

slipperc1000

hinderc1200

slidderya1250

covert1340

unwrast1393

slyc1440

slippery1555

fetching1570

shifting1581

as slippery as an eel1601

roundabout1608

corner-creeping1610

shuffling1616

prevaricatory1645

prevaricative1657

sliverly1674

whifflinga1680

sneak-pasty1681

slid1719

evasive1725

shauchling1755

shifty1837

slab-bridged1845

sneaky1861

pussy-footed1893

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

pussyfooting1926

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 32 Þe tunge is sliddri [?c1225 Cleo. slibbri; c1230 Corpus slubbri]. uor heo wadeð ine wete.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 28 The slideri mouth werchith fallingis.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxv. f. 74 Thai ar lyk to ane slederie eil.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 45 Unless some slidd'ry means he us'd.

1816 G. Muir Clydesdale Minstrelsy 8 (E.D.D.) Lawyers fam'd for slidd'ry gabs.

1868 W. Shelley Flowers by Wayside 181 Some gleg-gabbit slidderie lier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sliddery
释义	slidderyadj. Forms: Middle English slid(d)ri, Middle English slydrye, 1500s slyddry, slyddrie, 1500s–1600s slidrie, 1700s slidd'ry, 1700s–1800s sliddry; Middle English slideri, Middle English slidery, slydery, sledery (1500s Scottish slederie), Middle English, 1600s (1800s) slidderie, 1800s sliddery. Etymology: < slidder v. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch sliderich.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsliddery. Now dialect. 1. a. Slippery; on which one may readily slip. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip sliddera1000 slidderya1250 slipperc1290 slidingc1325 slithera1340 glintc1475 slippery1535 slippy1548 sliddy1623 slidy1880 skiddy1902 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 113 To wel we hit wuteð hu ðe wei of þisse worlde is sliddri [?c1225 Cleo. slibbri; c1230 Corpus slubbri]. c1280 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1875) 221 Bi a luytel bosk he tok his hondlyng, And set his feet on a slidri bas. c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 160 [The way is] slidery. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxviii. 22 Thei han drenchid thee doun in the myre, and in the sledery thing thi feet. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 They can unuthe stande upon theyre fete so slydrye it is. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1835 in Poems (1981) 71 Slonkis and slaik maid slidderie with the sleit. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 42 Slyddry glar so from wallis went That oft thar feyt was smyttyn vp on loft. a1724 in Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1876) II. 219 Is not this warld a slidd'ry ball? And thinks men strange to catch a fall? 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 110 Slimy and sliddery as the sea-weed. 1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecd. 147 The floor was as sliddery as ice. b. Uncertain, unstable, changeable, fleeting. (Cf. slidder adj. 1c.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 980 Þe eȝen of vr inward þouht Lyft vp from slideri þinge. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 102 Full slyddrie is the sait that thay on sit. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 292 Quhair may be seine how vnconstant and slidrie was the end of that battell. c1610 W. Mure Sonn. x, in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 56 Quhose othe & promeis ar a slidrie ground To build wpon, to make a man assuird. 1640 Canterburians Self-Convict. 32 A full peace in tearmes so generall, so ambiguous, so slidderie. 1786 R. Burns Poems 228 Tho' I to foreign lands must hie, Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba'. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 27 It will be present service..which, in these sliddery times, will be expected by a man like the Marquis. 2. Inclined or prone to slip. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > slipping or sliding > inclined to slidderya1382 sliddera1425 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iv. 18 Thei maden slidery oure steppis in the weie of oure stretes. 3. Of a smooth or slippery nature. Also figurative, sly, deceitful. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery slippera1050 slibbery?c1225 slidderya1250 slidder1398 lubric1490 slid1513 slippery1551 icy?1552 slipperous1585 glib1594 gliding1594 slicked1594 glibbery1601 lubrical1602 slape1671 slithery1825 slithy1855 butter-smooth1868 slick1901 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] slipperc1000 hinderc1200 slidderya1250 covert1340 unwrast1393 slyc1440 slippery1555 fetching1570 shifting1581 as slippery as an eel1601 roundabout1608 corner-creeping1610 shuffling1616 prevaricatory1645 prevaricative1657 sliverly1674 whifflinga1680 sneak-pasty1681 slid1719 evasive1725 shauchling1755 shifty1837 slab-bridged1845 sneaky1861 pussy-footed1893 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 pussyfooting1926 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 32 Þe tunge is sliddri [?c1225 Cleo. slibbri; c1230 Corpus slubbri]. uor heo wadeð ine wete. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 28 The slideri mouth werchith fallingis. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxv. f. 74 Thai ar lyk to ane slederie eil. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 45 Unless some slidd'ry means he us'd. 1816 G. Muir Clydesdale Minstrelsy 8 (E.D.D.) Lawyers fam'd for slidd'ry gabs. 1868 W. Shelley Flowers by Wayside 181 Some gleg-gabbit slidderie lier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1250
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