gumminessn.

/ˈɡʌmɪnɪs/

Etymology: < gummy adj.¹, gummy adj.² + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being gummy, in various senses. Also quasi-concrete, something gummy, a gummy concretion.

ΘΚΠ

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

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 59 To take away the filthines or gummines of the eies.

1665 R. Kephale Medela Pestilentiæ 61 Their gumminess excludeth infectious air.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. viii. iv. 33 One..came to me..with a gumminess on the tendons reaching to his fingers.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 31/1 Ancient Aqueducts, whose Mouths, having contracted a kind of Gumminess, have seem'd incrusted all over with Stone.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. iv. 15 Had there been the least gumminess in my lining,—by heaven! it had all of it long ago been fray'd and fretted to a thread.

1801 W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. (1806) lvi. 326 Accompanied with wateriness, or gumminess, where the tears are not supplied faster.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 394 The thread should have lost part of its heat and gumminess before it touches the bars of the reel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gumminess
释义	gumminessn. /ˈɡʌmɪnɪs/ Etymology: < gummy adj.¹, gummy adj.² + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being gummy, in various senses. Also quasi-concrete, something gummy, a gummy concretion. ΘΚΠ 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 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 59 To take away the filthines or gummines of the eies. 1665 R. Kephale Medela Pestilentiæ 61 Their gumminess excludeth infectious air. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. viii. iv. 33 One..came to me..with a gumminess on the tendons reaching to his fingers. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 31/1 Ancient Aqueducts, whose Mouths, having contracted a kind of Gumminess, have seem'd incrusted all over with Stone. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. iv. 15 Had there been the least gumminess in my lining,—by heaven! it had all of it long ago been fray'd and fretted to a thread. 1801 W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. (1806) lvi. 326 Accompanied with wateriness, or gumminess, where the tears are not supplied faster. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 394 The thread should have lost part of its heat and gumminess before it touches the bars of the reel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1600
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