Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slobbery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: slob-bery
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.

noun

The behaviour or attitudes of a slob; slobbishness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He placed one paw on my right thigh and planted a slobbery dog kiss on my cheek. "Well! Make yourself at home, why don't you?" I joked."
"2004, Susan Johnson - The Broken Book page 25. My own lips are slobbery suckers, the bane of my life, the subject of teasing by Peggy Gordon, who has recently taken to calling me Lubra Lips."
"Darrell Johns […] sat across from him in his plaid Sears wash-and-wear jacket, fast approaching Ruffino's sotted state of slobbery."

Etymology

From slobber + -y.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

slobberier (comparative) slobberiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

slobberiness

Questions

What does slobbery mean?: Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.
Where does slobbery come from?: From slobber + -y.

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