sizy

American  

[sahy-zee] / ˈsaɪ zi /

adjective

Archaic.

sizier, siziest

1. thick; viscous.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• siziness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sizy

First recorded in 1680–90; size ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

When their errand was announced, he burst into tears, overcome by a sense of unworthiness, and in a subsequent letter he confirms his unfitness by reference to his 'flaccid solids and weak and sizy fluids.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various

In this situation, if he saw the patient within 12 or 24 hours of her seizure, he took away from 16 to 24 ounces of blood, which was always sizy.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

I remember the old gentleman used to complain that his constitution was an unhappy one from birth, attended with 'flaccid solids, sizy and scarce fluids, and a low tide of spirits.'

From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

Very soon after impregnation, if blood be drawn and suffered to stand a short time undisturbed, it will become sizy, of a yellowish or bluish color, and somewhat of an oily appearance.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Next Day, the 21st, her Blood appeared very sizy, and she complained of having been costive for some Days.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald