slithy
Adjective
Meaning
slithy
lithe and slimy or slithery.
The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.
Anagrams
Examples
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.
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')?
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.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
The "i" in "slithy" is long, as in "writhe", and "toves" is pronounced so as to rhyme with "groves."
The original in MischMasch notes that 'slithy' means "smooth and active" The i is long, as in writhe.