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Vinony

slipperiness

noun

  1. quality of being slippery
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English slippery Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English slipperiness From slippery + -ness.

  1. The property of being slippery.

    “He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.”

  2. The result or product of being slippery.