† ˈslidderness Obs.
[f. slidder a.]
Slipperiness, smoothness. Also fig.
| 971 Blickl. Gl. (Ps. xxxiv. 6), Slidornis, lubricum. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 4 Many men felden doun for slidirnesse of þis weie. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxviii. (Bodl. MS.), Ȝif he were slider and smoþe within, by slidernes mete schuld passe oute. c 1400 Comm. Luke i. 15 (MS. Bodl. 43), He is seid a perfit man whiche..feeliþ not þe slidirnesse or leccherie of ȝong wexinge age. c 1475 Henryson Orph. & Eur. 305 For slyddrenes skant mycht he hald his feit. 1483 Cath. Angl. 323/1 A Sclidyrnes, labilitas. |