limousadj.
/ˈlʌɪməs/ ? Obsolete.
Muddy; slimy.
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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
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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.
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