slime

slime
{{11}}slime (n.) O.E. slim "slime," from P.Gmc. *slimaz (Cf. O.N. slim, O.Fris. slym, Du. slijm, Ger. Schleim "slime"), probably related to O.E. lim "birdlime; sticky substance," from PIE root * (s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky, slippery" (Cf. Skt. linati "sticks, stays, adheres to; slips into, disappears;" Rus. slimak "snail;" O.C.S. slina "spittle;" O.Ir. sligim "to smear," leinam "I follow," lit. "I stick to;" Welsh llyfn "smooth;" Gk. leimax "snail," limne "marsh, pool, lake," alinein "to anoint, besmear;" L. limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to daub, besmear, rub out, erase").
{{12}}slime (v.) "to cover with slime," 1620s, from SLIME (Cf. slime) (n.). Related: Slimed; sliming.

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