Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A ponyfish.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf or pertaining to slime. · Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime. · Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy. · Filthy; disgusting; unclean.
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”).
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