Word info

slithy

Adjective

Meaning

slithy

lithe and slimy or slithery.
The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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A French translation that uses 'lubricilleux' for 'slithy', evokes French words like 'lubrifier' (to lubricate) to give an impression of a meaning similar to that of Carroll's word. Source: Internet

In his exploration of the translation challenge, Hofstadter asks "what if a word does exist, but it is very intellectual-sounding and Latinate ('lubricilleux'), rather than earthy and Anglo-Saxon ('slithy')? Source: Internet

Prickett, Stephen (2005) Victorian Fantasy Baylor University Press p80 ISBN 1-932792-30-9 Lexicon "Jabberwocky" 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Source: Internet

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Source: Internet

The "i" in "slithy" is long, as in "writhe", and "toves" is pronounced so as to rhyme with "groves." Source: Internet

The original in MischMasch notes that 'slithy' means "smooth and active" The i is long, as in writhe. Source: Internet

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