Middle English Dictionary Entry
sloberī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sloberī(e adj. |
| Etymology | From slober(e n. or sloberen v.; also cp. MDu. slobberich. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Characterized by slobbering, slavering; (b) slimy, greasy.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)278b/b : An old hound is ofte slowe and slobery.
b
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)169a/b : A man schulde vse none oynementes þat ben sloberye & vnctuous as longe as pouders myȝte sufficen to his entent.