† gleimousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Sticky, slimy; full of rheum or phlegm. (Cf. engleimous adj.)
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [adjective] > full of or covered with
gleimousa1398
rheumatic1599
rheumy1605
muculent1656
submucous1684
mucose1731
rheumeda1821
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxv. 1080 Swete wyn þat is ful reed..clenseþ and wypeþ away vnclennesse and gleymous humour.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymowse, or full of rewme, reumaticus. Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus.
1486 Bk. St. Albans A iij b For sum gobbit will be yolow and sum grene and sum glaymous and sum cleere..It [this euell] wil arise in the hede and make the hede to swell & the iyen all glaymous and dyrke.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Glaymous, muddy and clammy.
1730–90 in Bailey
Derivatives
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun]
thicknessc1000
gleiminessa1398
gleimingness1398
glutinosityc1400
viscositya1425
threadinessc1425
gleimousnessc1440
clamminess1528
clammishness1528
yolkiness1528
toughness1574
viscousness1594
gumminess1600
gluishness1608
glueyness1611
viscidity1611
gummosity1651
tenaciousness1658
viscuousness1658
glutinousnessa1661
plasteriness1660
ropishness1662
snivelliness1662
ropiness1663
gummousness1666
stickiness1689
clam1694
viscidness1710
glairiness1866
treacliness1884
slabness1892
yuckiness1982
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymowsenesse, or lymowsnesse, limositas, viscositas.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Glaymousness, Muddiness, Clamminess.
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