glairy

[ glair-ee ]

adjective

, glair·i·er, glair·i·est.

1. of the nature of glair; viscous.
2. covered with glair.

Other Words From

• glairi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of glairy¹

First recorded in 1655–65; glair + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The fangs are enclosed in a soft, pulpy sheath, the inner surface of which is commonly coated with a thin glairy secretion.

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There, I unfold it where it is creased, and you see a transparent glairy substance, within which is a round yellowish egg.

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The edges are raised and indurated; and the discharge is thick, glairy, and peculiarly offensive.

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These emit long glairy threads, which fasten to the hairs of the flies' legs.

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These last, however, soon begin to swell, and a thick glairy discharge of simple mucus drains from them in small quantities.

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