SLIPPERY


Meaning of SLIPPERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsli-p(ə-)rē ]

adjective

( slip·per·i·er ; -est )

Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper

Date: circa 1500

1.

a. : causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall

slippery roads

b. : tending to slip from the grasp

a slippery fish

2.

a. : not firmly fixed : unstable

b. : not precise or fixed in meaning : ambiguous , elusive

3. : not to be trusted : tricky

• slip·per·i·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.