slabby

== English == === Etymology 1 === From slab (“mud, sludge”) +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== slabby (comparative slabbier, superlative slabbiest) Of a liquid: thick; viscous. Of a surface: sloppy, slimy. Rainy, wet. (of weather) 1581, John Studley (translator), Hercules Oetaeus, Act I, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, Translated into Englysh, London: Thomas Marsh,[2] To Virgo, Leo turnes the time, and in a reaking sweate. He buskling vp his burning Mane, doth dry the dropping south. And swallowes vp the slabby cloudes in fyry foming mouth. ===== Derived terms ===== slabbily slabbiness ==== References ==== “slabby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From slab (“solid object that is large and flat”) +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== slabby (comparative slabbier, superlative slabbiest) Composed of slabs; resembling a slab or slabs; inelegant, cumbersome, clunky. (climbing) Characterized by smooth relatively low-angle rock face or slab that lacks significant vertical features. ==== Noun ==== slabby (plural slabbies) (New Zealand, informal) A worker who deals with timber in the form of slabs.