SLIPPERINESS, SLIPPERY
ADJECTIVES
► GLIBBERY slippery, smooth → 1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GLIDDERY slippery, smooth → 1869 Eng. dial.
► LABILE apt to slip away; slippery, unstable → 1623 obs.
► LUBRIC having a smooth surface, slippery → 1490 arch.
► LUBRICAL smooth and slippery → 1657 obs.
► LUBRICATE slippery; smooth and oily → 1848
► LUBRICIOUS smooth, slippery, oily → 1656
► LUBRICOUS slippery, smooth; slimy; oily → 1659
► SAUCY slippery, difficult for walking → 1880 Eng. dial.
► SCREEVY slippery → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIPPLE slippery → 1973 Trinidad and Tobago
► SLIDDERY slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable → a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SLIPPY slippery → 1982 US sl.
► SLIP-SKIN evasive, slippery → 1641 obs.
NOUNS
► LUBRICITY slipperiness, smoothness; oiliness → 1601
► LUBRIFACTION a making slippery or smooth; lubrication → 1542 obs.
► LUBRIFICATION a making slippery or smooth; lubrication → 1692 obs.
VERBS
► LUBRICITATE to make slippery → 1706 obs.
► LUBRIFY to make slippery or smooth; to lubricate → 1611
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