slithersome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by slithering

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveslithersome (comparative more slithersome, superlative most slithersome)

comparative more slithersome · superlative most slithersome

  1. Characterised or marked by slithering

    “Nay, this was a different sound, low and slithersome. As if a heavy tail was dragging through the brush.”

    2012, Laurie Halse Anderson, Forge
    1 more example

    It is another to encourage the liberties of a slithersome coof like de Gredin.” “Slithersome coof?” “Aye, and when you say I've no right to speak, recall that you invited my concern on Roslin's ramparts when you confided in a man who was no more to you than a voice in the darkness.”

    2008, Amanda Scott, Knight's Treasure

Origin

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APA

slithersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slithersome

MLA

“slithersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slithersome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slithersome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slithersome.

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