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ˈviscuous, a. rare.
[Irreg. f. L. viscum, -us + -ous.]
Viscous. Also transf.
In quot. 1936 perhaps a misprint.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 618 They testifie..a repletion of grosse, viscuous or slimy humours, and a great perturbation of the spirits within. 1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 135 When the Exhalation by reason of the want of viscuous matter is not enflamed. 1655T. Vaughan Euphrates 24 It is even so with the World, for it was originally made of a seed, of a seminall viscuous Humidity or Water. 1705Phil. Trans. XXV. 1977, I expected Water, but there was only a viscuous darkish Humour. 1706London & Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. 8 The coldest and most viscuous Dungs or Soil, such as Cows-Dung. 1771Encycl. Brit. II. 468 The albumen is a cold, viscuous, white liquor in the egg. 1932S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm iii. 32 Growing with the viscuous light that was invading the sky. 1936Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XL. 11 Heat generated in the blades in overcoming viscuous drag also plays a part in determining the distribution of ice.
Hence ˈviscuousness.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxiii. (1658) 262 The solidness and viscuousness of the substance will not permit it to evaporate. |