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silflay

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlf.leɪ/

The English word “silflay” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The act of eating outdoors.

Etymology

Borrowed from Lapine silflay, coined by Richard Adams in Watership Down as part of the fictional language Lapine, which in the story is spoken by rabbits. The word silflay (“to eat outdoors”) is derived from silf (“outdoors”) + flay (“food”).

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