Definitions For Slidder

Adjective

{{alt form, enm, slider}}

Alternative forms

slider, slyder

Etymology 1

{{PIE root, en, sleydʰ}} From Middle English slider, from {{inh, en, ang, slidor, , slippery}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, slidraz, , slippery}}, from {{inh, en, ine-pro, , *slidʰ-ró-s}}, from *sleydʰ-, , to slip, glide. Related to {{cog, ang, slīdan, , to slide}}. More at slide.

Adjective

(obsolete) slippery, slippery.

Derived terms

slidderly slidderness sliddery

Etymology 2

{{PIE root, en, sleydʰ}} From Middle English slyderen, slidren, from {{inh, en, ang, sliderian, , to slip}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, slidrōną, , to slide}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *sleydʰ-, , to slip}}. Cognate with {{cog, dum, slideren, , to drag, train}}, {{cog, de, schlittern, , to slip, slide}}.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (dialectal, or, archaic) To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way. : He sliddered down as best as he could.

Anagrams

Riddles, dreidls, lidders, riddles

Middle English