Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gliddery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glid-dery
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slippery; smooth.

British usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

"Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones."
"[…]at last we bump alongside the little quay, and climb out on the wet, gliddery stones."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glidder

Usage

British usage
Archaic

Inflected Forms

more gliddery (comparative) most gliddery (superlative)

Questions

What does gliddery mean?: Slippery; smooth.
Where does gliddery come from?: From glidder + -y. Compare Low German glidderig and Middle Dutch gliderich.

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