slimy

Meanings

Adjective

• Of 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.

Noun

• A ponyfish.

Related

Similar words

• (slippery) lubricous
• (underhanded) conniving

Origin

• From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the noun Old English slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing Old English slipig ("slippy"). Equivalent to slime + -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig, German schleimig, Swedish slemmig.