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