glairy

[ glair-ee ]

adjective,glair·i·er, glair·i·est.

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

Origin of glairy

¹

First recorded in 1655–65; glair + -y¹

Also glair·e·ous [glair-ee-uhs]. /ˈglɛər i əs/.

Other words from glairy

glair·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby glairy

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How to use glairy in a sentence

The fangs are enclosed in a soft, pulpy sheath, the inner surface of which is commonly coated with a thin glairy secretion.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry Gosse
There, I unfold it where it is creased, and you see a transparent glairy substance, within which is a round yellowish egg.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. Houghton
The edges are raised and indurated; and the discharge is thick, glairy, and peculiarly offensive.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
These emit long glairy threads, which fasten to the hairs of the flies' legs.
A Year in a Lancashire Garden | Henry Arthur Bright
These last, however, soon begin to swell, and a thick glairy discharge of simple mucus drains from them in small quantities.
The Dog | Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson

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