viscuousadj.
rare.
Viscous. Also transferred.In quot. 1936 perhaps a misprint.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective]
thickc888
toughc1000
cleavingc1350
gluey1382
gluish1382
gleiming1387
gummya1398
clammy1398
gleimy1398
viscosec1400
viscousc1400
emplastic?a1425
plastery?c1425
stiffc1430
clamc1440
engleimous?c1475
rawky1509
rich1535
clammish1543
limy1552
strong1560
glutinous1576
cloggy1587
emplastical1590
viscuous1603
plasterish1610
slaba1616
bound1635
viscid1635
lentous1646
spiscious1655
melleous1656
salivarious1656
glutining1658
syrupical1659
glairy1662
gummous1669
gummose1678
mellaginous1681
melligineous1684
pargety1684
sticky1688
sizy1691
dauby1697
syrupy1707
treacly?1734
glaireous1755
flabbyc1780
spissid1782
stodgy1823
waxy1835
teery1848
treacle-like1871
viscoid1877
slauming1904
gooey1906
gloopy1929
gunky1937
gungy1962
yucky1975
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 618 They testifie..a repletion of grosse, viscuous or slimy humours, and a great perturbation of the spirits within.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 141 When the Exhalation by reason of the want of viscuous matter is not enflamed.
1655 T. Vaughan Evphrates 24 It is even so with the World, for it was originally made of a seed, of a seminall viscuous Humidity or Water.
1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1977 I expected Water, but there was only a viscuous darkish Humour.
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. ii. 8 The coldest and most viscuous Dungs or Soil, such as Cows-Dung.
1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 468 The albumen is a cold, viscuous, white liquor in the egg.
1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm iii. 32 Growing with the viscuous light that was invading the sky.
1936 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 40 11 Heat generated in the blades in overcoming viscuous drag also plays a part in determining the distribution of ice.
Derivatives
ˈviscuousness n.
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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
1658 K. Digby Two Treat. (new ed.) i. xxiii. 262 The solidness and viscuousness [1644 viscousness] of the substance will not permit it to evaporate.
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