slobbery

[ slob-uh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; slobber, -y ¹

Go near that horrid old man who fastens one rheumy eye on you while his slobbery chin shakes like a huge jelly?

How I am nauseated with sentiment and nobility, the macaroni slithery-slobbery mess of modern adorations.

Our weather is very bad and slobbery, and I shall spoil my new hat (I have bought a new hat), or empty my pockets.

He never spoke on this subject with the slobbery grin of the voluptuary, or the leer of prurience.

His cheekbones were high, his nose flat, his lips thick and slobbery.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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