limousadj.

/ˈlʌɪməs/

Forms: Also Middle English lymous, lymows.

Etymology: < Latin līmōsus, < līmus mud, slime.

? Obsolete.

Muddy; slimy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy

slimy1398

limousc1420

engleimous?c1475

gleety1483

slimely1528

mucous1578

slimish1648

vasy1742

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 139 Yf water ther be lymous or enfecte, Admyxtion of salt wol hit correcte.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 275 The mud and limous matter brought downe by the river Nilus.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Limous, full of mud or slime, muddy.

1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours 155 They esteemed this natural melancholick acidity to be the limous or slimy fœculent part of the blood.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 157 A limous lava..which consists of argillaceous and siliceous earths mixed with iron.

Derivatives

† limousness n. Obsolete sliminess.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > sliminess

limousnessc1440

sliminess1528

slimishness1574

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymowsenesse, or lymow(s)nesse, limositas, viscositas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	limous
释义	limousadj. /ˈlʌɪməs/ Forms: Also Middle English lymous, lymows. Etymology: < Latin līmōsus, < līmus mud, slime. ? Obsolete. Muddy; slimy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy slimy1398 limousc1420 engleimous?c1475 gleety1483 slimely1528 mucous1578 slimish1648 vasy1742 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 139 Yf water ther be lymous or enfecte, Admyxtion of salt wol hit correcte. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 275 The mud and limous matter brought downe by the river Nilus. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Limous, full of mud or slime, muddy. 1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours 155 They esteemed this natural melancholick acidity to be the limous or slimy fœculent part of the blood. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 157 A limous lava..which consists of argillaceous and siliceous earths mixed with iron. Derivatives † limousness n. Obsolete sliminess. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > sliminess limousnessc1440 sliminess1528 slimishness1574 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleymowsenesse, or lymow(s)nesse, limositas, viscositas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1420
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