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gliddery en · ADJ

Etymology

From glidder + -y. Compare Low German glidderig and Middle Dutch gliderich.

Meanings

1. (UK, archaic) Slippery; smooth.
   • […]at last we bump alongside the little quay, and climb out on the wet, gliddery stones. 1908, Henry van Dyke Jr., Out-of-Doors in The Holy Land:
   • Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones. 1864, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan:

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