different between slimy vs slobbery

English

Etymology

From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the noun Old English sl?m or an unattested *sl?mi?, replacing Old English slipig (“slippy”). Equivalent to slime +? -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sla?.mi/
• Rhymes: -a?mi

Adjective

slimy (comparative slimier, superlative slimiest)

1. Of or pertaining to slime
2. resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime

   Synonyms: viscous, glutinous
3. (slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky; slick; smarmy.

Synonyms

• (slippery) lubricous
• (underhanded) conniving

Translations

Noun

slimy (plural slimies)

1. A ponyfish.

Anagrams

• ILYSM, misly

English

Etymology 1

slobber +? -y

Adjective

slobbery (comparative slobberier, superlative slobberiest)

1. Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.
   • 2007, Elinor de Wire - The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses page xi

     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.

2. Prone to produce an excess of saliva or slobber.
   • 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.

Etymology 2

slob +? -ery

Noun

slobbery (uncountable)

1. The behaviour or attitudes of a slob; slobbishness.
   • 1981, Tom Cohan, Canary (page 319)

     Darrell Johns […] sat across from him in his plaid Sears wash-and-wear jacket, fast approaching Ruffino's sotted state of slobbery.

Anagrams

• lobbyers