slipor

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• slipor — adj 1. slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily; 2. slipping easily, easily moved; and slipore þurh unstǽþþignesse and easily moved through unstaidness; 3. foul, filthy, slippery; ne fúl síe oþþe slipor be not foul or filthy; 4. uncertain,… …   Old to modern English dictionary

• slipper — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slipor; akin to Middle Low German slipper slippery, slippen to slip Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect slippery II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from slippen to slip Date: 15th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lei- — Also slei . Slimy. Derivatives include slime, slick, and oblivion. 1. a. slime, from Old English slīm, slime; b. slippery, from Old Engl …   Universalium

• slipper — slipper1 slipperlike, adj. /slip euhr/, n. 1. any light, low cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. Cf. bedroom slipper, house slipper. v.t. 2. to strike or beat with a slipper. [1470… …   Universalium

• ολιβρός — ὀλιβρός, ά, όν (Α) (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ὀλισθηρός». [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. εμφανίζει τη μηδενισμένη βαθμίδα τής ΙΕ ρίζας *lei / *slei «γλιστρώ» (πρβλ. ολί σθάνω), με παρέκταση *b, προθεματικό φωνήεν ὀ και επίθημα ρός (πρβλ. κυδ ρός, ψυχ ρός). Η λ. συνδέεται… …   Dictionary of Greek

• slippery — slip|per|y [ˈslıpəri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: slipper slippery (11 19 centuries), from Old English slipor] 1.) something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or ↑greasy ▪ In places, the path can be wet and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• schlimm — Adj std. (11. Jh.) Stammwort. Die heutige Bedeutung erst neuhochdeutsch. Zuvor mhd. slim(p) schief, schräg , ahd. slimb schräg, schief . Vielleicht als nasalierte Variante zu schleifen1 in der alten Bedeutung rutschen . Da sowohl Glätte wie auch… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

• slippery — having a slippery surface, c.1500, from M.E. sliper (adj.), from O.E. slipor slippery (see SLIP (Cf. slip) (v.)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Metaphoric sense of deceitful is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness. In a figurative sense, slippery slope… …   Etymology dictionary

• slip — I. /slɪp / (say slip) verb (slipped or, Archaic, slipt, slipped, slipping) –verb (i) 1. to pass or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: water slips off a smooth surface. 2. to slide suddenly and involuntarily, as on a smooth surface; to lose one… …  

• slippery — /ˈslɪpəri / (say slipuhree), /ˈslɪpri / (say slipree) adjective (slipperier, slipperiest) 1. tending to cause slipping or sliding, as ground, surfaces, things, etc. 2. tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position: a slippery rope. 3.… …  

• lei-3 —     lei 3     English meaning: slimy; to glide     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schleimig, durch Nässe glitschiger Boden, ausgleiten, worũber hinschleifen or streichen, also glättend worũber fahren; andrerseits schleimig = klebrig”     Note: various… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary