claggyadj.
/ˈklaɡi/ Chiefly dialect.
Tending to clag, or to form sticky lumps or clots; tenaciously sticky, adhesive.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > cohesive
claggy1570
retentive1721
cohesive1727
rich1837
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiii v/1 Claggye, lubricus.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iotteux, claggie, clammie, cleauing.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 321 Claggy, sticky; as wet clay.
1796 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 433 To render copper less tough and clingy (note, The workmen say, claggy).
1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 44 540 The spider spreads his claggy snares.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 118 Claggy, Newc., when the coal is tightly joined to the roof, the mine is said to have a claggy top.
Derivatives
ˈclagginess n.
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1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Claggy, sticky like pitch; tenacious.—Clagginess, adhesiveness.
Draft additions June 2018
British regional and (in later use) Aeronautics colloquial. Of weather, a day, etc.: (in early use) damp, wet; (later) characterized by thick, low-level cloud; damp and overcast; foggy, misty (cf. clag n. Additions). Also: unpleasantly close and humid.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast
cloudya1387
nebulousc1386
nubilousc1540
dulla1616
overcast1616
claggy1621
moky1706
nubilose1730
nimbose1737
skyless1846
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective]
mistyOE
nebulose?1440
roky1440
nubilousc1540
hazya1584
misting1584
vaporous1594
nebulous1597
rawky1601
claggy1621
misky1671
rooky1691
nubilose1730
mistful1733
smoky1769
rouky1808
hazed1840
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. 295 Now it is rainy, now a drisling fog and claggie.
1867 G. W. Donald Poems 68 Ye shor'd 's wi' sic a claggie Spring That nane cud gang about a thing, Or get the seed out o' the bing.
1899 G. Watson Love's Task 184 A passin' cloud sends draps o' rain, But it will nae be claggie, O', The Wind's frae a guid airt, ye ken.
1950 Aeroplane 5 May 534/2 Claggy weather necessitates consulting the nearest station to find one's exact whereabouts.
1962 C. Ritchie Diary 12 Aug. in Storm Signals (1983) 18 Today is overcast and claggy, the same weather they have had here all summer.
1997 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 11 Dec. 8 November was unnaturally warm and claggy—real pneumonia weather.
2009 S. Maconie Adventures on High Teas viii. 237 On a wet, claggy day..the high fells are out of bounds.
2012 @hurricane1947 14 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I hate this sticky, claggy weather. It's not conducive for sleeping.
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