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語源

From 中期英語 slymy, slimi, either derived from the 古期英語 noun slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing 古期英語 slipiġ (“slippy, slimy”). Equivalent to slime +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈslaɪ.mi/
• 韻: -aɪmi

形容詞

slimy (comparative slimier, superlative slimiest)

1. Of or pertaining to slime.
2. Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime.

   Synonyms: viscous, glutinous

   The frog's body was all slimy.

   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere:

     Slimy things did crawl with legs
     Upon the slimy sea.

3. (slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.
   • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 83:

     "I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."

4. (slang, figuratively) Filthy; disgusting; unclean.
   • 1997, Playboy, “Studies Showing Pornography Causes Violence Are Flawed”, in Carol Wesseker, editor, Pornography: Opposing Viewpoints‎, page 49:

     Act two: A social scientist has the student watch either a neutral film, nonviolent porn, or some slimy concoction that shows a woman being raped violently (and apparently enjoying it).

同意語

• (slippery) lubricous
• (underhanded) conniving

派生語

名詞

slimy (plural slimies)

1. A ponyfish.

アナグラム

• ILYSM, misly, smily