slibbersauce

noun

variants or slibber-slabber

plural -s

obsolete

: a sloppy or nauseating concoction used as food or medicine or as a cosmetic

Word History

Etymology

slibbersauce, probably from Middle Low German slibber, slipper slippery (akin to Old English slipor slippery) + English sauce; slibber-slabber, perhaps reduplication of slabber entry 1

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