Etymograph

English

slithy

Blend of lithe + slimy, coined by Lewis Carroll in 1871.

A blend of lithe + slimy

Proto-Indo-European *lentos

Proto-Germanic *linþaz ‘bendsome’

Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī) ‘gentle’

Old English līþe ‘gentle, mild’

Middle English lithe

English lithe

Middle English slymy

English slimy

The story

Blend of lithe + slimy, coined by Lewis Carroll in 1871.

Today it means

adj lithe and slimy or slithery.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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