Slithy vs Slitty - What's the difference?
slithy | slitty |
A nonce word in (Lewis Carroll)'s (Jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".
Slitlike.
* 1997 , Ben Pimlott, The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II
* 1998 , Julie Myerson, Me and the Fat Man
As adjectives the difference between slithy and slitty
is that slithy is a nonce word in (lewis carroll)'s (jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe" while slitty is slitlike.slithy
English
Adjective
- 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe'' — Lewis Carroll, ''Jabberwocky
See also
* (Jabberwocky) English terms derived from fictionslitty
English
Adjective
(er)- Chatting to some British students, he cheerily remarked that they would get "slitty eyes" if they stayed too long in China.
- We choose the farthest away church with the blackest, slittiest windows and he pulls me and Jimmy in.