SLIDDER

Etymology 1

Adjective

slidder (comparative more slidder, superlative most slidder)

(obsolete) Slippery.

Etymology 2

Verb

slidder (third-person singular simple present slidders, present participle sliddering, simple past and past participle sliddered)

(dialectal or archaic) To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way.

Anagrams

• Riddles, dreidls, lidders, riddles

Source: Wiktionary


Slid"der, v. t. Etym: [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.]

Definition: To slide with interruption. [Obs.] Dryden.

Slid"der, Slid"der*ly, Slid"der*y, a. Etym: [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]

Definition: Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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