slidder

adj

Etymology

From Middle English slyderen, slidren, from Old English sliderian (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn (“to slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Middle Dutch slideren (“to drag, train”), German schlittern (“to slip, slide”).

  1. inherited from *slidraz
  2. inherited from *slidr
  3. inherited from slidor
  4. inherited from slider

Definitions

  1. Slippery.

  2. To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way.

    • He sliddered down as best as he could.
    • The smoke-pat sliddered over to the French shore, so I knowed Frankie was edgin' the Spanishers toward they Dutch sands where he was master.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA