SLABBY

Etymology 1

Adjective

slabby (comparative slabbier, superlative slabbiest)

Of a liquid: thick; viscous.

Of a surface: sloppy, slimy.

(of weather) Rainy, wet.

Etymology 2

Adjective

slabby (comparative slabbier, superlative slabbiest)

Composed of slabs; resembling a slab or slabs; inelegant, cumbersome, clunky.

Source: Wiktionary


Slab"by, a. [Compar. Slabbier; superl. Slabbiest.] Etym: [See Slab, a.]

1. Thick; viscous. They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff. Selden.

2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. Gay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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