gliddery

adj

gliddery

adj

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

1

UK, Archaic Slippery; smooth.

  • Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.1864, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan:
  • […]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:

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