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slithy | stithy |

As an adjective slithy

is a nonce word in (lewis carroll)'s (jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".

As a noun stithy is

an anvil.

slithy

English

Adjective

  • A nonce word in (Lewis Carroll)'s (Jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".
  • 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe'' — Lewis Carroll, ''Jabberwocky

    See also

    * (Jabberwocky) English terms derived from fiction

    stithy

    English

    Noun

    (stithies)
  • An anvil.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • A blacksmith's smithy or forge.
  • * Shakespeare
  • As foul as Vulcan's stithy .

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