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     • : viscid (English) Origin & history From Late Latin, from viscum ‘birdlime’. Adjective viscid (comparative more viscid, superlative most viscid) Viscous; having a high viscosity.
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   What does viscid mean?

   • The adjective viscid is used to describe something that is sticky or a thick, slow-moving liquid. If you bake bread and you get flour all over your counters, clean it up carefully because adding water can turn the flour into a viscid paste, and then you'll really have a mess! The word viscid is from the Latin word viscum, or birdlime.

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   What is the difference between viscid and viscous?

   • Viscid is a synonym of viscous. As adjectives the difference between viscid and viscous. is that viscid is viscous; having a high viscosity while viscous is having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.

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   What is the origin of the word viscidus?

   • The origin of the word viscidus is from the Latin viscum, meaning mistletoe. Birdlime made from mistletoe berries is sticky and resinous, much like the meaning of the word viscidus: sticky, covered with a shiny, resinous or greasy matter. How to pronounce viscid.

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   What is a viscid mass?

   • A strange mass was covering the top of the earth-borer—something that looked like a heap of viscid, whitish jelly. Chlorine gas immediately decomposes it, producing a viscid mass. Viscid definition: having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.. See examples of VISCID used in a sentence.

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   Dec 8, 2023 · viscidus (feminine viscida, neuter viscidum); first/second-declension adjective. sticky, glutinous

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   Definition of viscid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Viscid definition: having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.. See examples of VISCID used in a sentence.

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   The earliest known use of the adjective viscid is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for viscid is from 1635, in a translation by Richard Brathwait, poet and writer. viscid is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin viscidus.

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   What does viscid‎ mean? viscid (English) Origin & history From Late Latin viscidus, from viscum ‘birdlime’. Adjective viscid (comparative more viscid, superlative most viscid) Viscous; having a high viscosity. Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. 1906, O. Henry, The Furnished Room They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would ...

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   The adjective viscid is used to describe something that is sticky or a thick, slow-moving liquid. If you bake bread and you get flour all over your counters, clean it up carefully because adding water can turn the flour into a viscid paste, and then you'll really have a mess!