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单词 clungy
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clungyadj.

Forms: 1500s clongie, 1600s cloungy, 1600s–1700s clungy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: clung adj., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < clung adj. + -y suffix1.
Obsolete.
Sticky, adhesive. Cf. clingy adj.
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1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) xvi. xx. f. ccxxvii/2 The kynde [of glewe]..is so clongie.
1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity v. 13 Your Bread, when hot, by no means eat, Nor butter'd loaves, they'r clungy clogging meat, And bung the intrails up.
1670 L. Meager Eng. Gardener 164 If your ground be of a stiff or Cloungy nature, it will be your best way to trench it at least a spit.
1794 J. Clark Gen. View Agric. Brecknock 23 Barley from 25 to 30 gallons per acre... Clungy pease 21 to 22 ditto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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