squidgy

adjective

-jē

-er/-est

: unpleasantly damp : clammy

fishermen in squidgy rubber boots

—Mary H. Vorse

in the steamy atmosphere my skin had grown squidgy as a toad's

—Francis Kingdon-Ward

Word History

Etymology

squidge + -y

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Rhymes for squidgy

• perigee