slithersome

English

Etymology

From slither +‎ -some.

Adjective

slithersome (comparative more slithersome, superlative most slithersome)

1. Characterised or marked by slithering
   • 2008, Amanda Scott, Knight's Treasure:

     It is another to encourage the liberties of a slithersome coof like de Gredin.” “Slithersome coof?” “Aye, and when you say I've no right to speak, recall that you invited my concern on Roslin's ramparts when you confided in a man who was no more to you than a voice in the darkness.”

   • 2012, Laurie Halse Anderson, Forge:

     “Nay, this was a different sound, low and slithersome. As if a heavy tail was dragging through the brush.”