viscid
Americanadjective
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having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
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Botany. covered by a sticky substance.
adjective
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cohesive and sticky; glutinous; viscous
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(esp of a leaf) covered with a sticky substance
Other Word Forms
- nonviscid adjective
- nonviscidity noun
- nonviscidly adverb
- nonviscidness noun
- viscidity noun
- viscidly adverb
- viscidness noun
Etymology
Origin of viscid
1625–35; < Late Latin viscidus, equivalent to Latin visc ( um ) mistletoe, birdlime made from mistletoe + -idus -id 4; viscous
Example Sentences
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On Friday, Wilkes released an album of his own, “One Theme and Subsequent Improvisation,” which flows from an equally viscid vein.
From New York Times
And when an ingredient does happen to feature that viscid texture, many Japanese cooks like to let it shine, maximizing the sliminess rather than masking it.
From Salon
But he also plays trombone, piano and electronics — and he’s just as interested in exploring slow, viscid harmony, or music that verges on silence.
From New York Times
The band makes a deeply rooted form of experimental jazz, tending toward dark, viscid harmonies and patient escalations.
From New York Times
This fight between the old and the new is at the viscid, romantic heart of Chazelle’s gooey, seductive film.
From Salon
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