viscousnessn.
/ˈvɪskəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈvɪskəsnəs/ Now rare or Obsolete.
The quality of being viscous; viscosity.
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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
1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 28 in Jewell House It is an erronious opinion to thinke that Marle..is to be knowne from other moulds by the fattiness, or viscousness thereof.
1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 238 The thicknesse and viscousnesse of Sulphur.
1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. vi. v. §3 in Anat. Plants 236 The very Cause of the said Viscousness of Phlegm, is chiefly some great Acidity in the Blood.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Viscosidad, Viscousness, Clamminess.
1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 256 Dr. Lister..added, that holly might turn [into stone] suddenly by reason of its viscousness and tenacity.
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