单词 | viscidity |
释义 | viscidityn. 1. The quality of being viscid; glutinousness, stickiness, ropiness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] thicknessc1000 gleiminessa1398 gleimingness1398 glutinosityc1400 viscositya1425 threadinessc1425 gleimousnessc1440 clamminess1528 clammishness1528 yolkiness1528 toughness1574 viscousness1594 gumminess1600 gluishness1608 glueyness1611 viscidity1611 gummosity1651 tenaciousness1658 viscuousness1658 glutinousnessa1661 plasteriness1660 ropishness1662 snivelliness1662 ropiness1663 gummousness1666 stickiness1689 clam1694 viscidness1710 glairiness1866 treacliness1884 slabness1892 yuckiness1982 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Viscidité, visciditie;..viscositie. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Viscidity or Viscosity, a clamminesse, a sticking to any thing like glue or bird lime. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 100 The Sulphur by its viscidity, does..sweeten the pungency of the Salt. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 189 Then we must dilute the Viscidity of the Humours if it be sizy. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 170 Salmon..offends the Stomach by its Viscidity. 1773 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 30 The density, viscidity, and other qualities of this matter. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 101/2 The viscidity of the solution of sugar..is very little above that of pure water. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 431 Castor-oil has a pale amber-color,..and is quite viscid. Cold increases the viscidity. 2. A collection or accumulation of viscid humours; viscid matter or substance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > viscous fluid slime?c1225 mucilage?a1425 viscidityc1720 c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xxxix. 170 The Cure consists in all those things that are proper to destroy the Viscidities in the Bowels. 1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 193 For by this means all Viscidities in the Blood will be diluted. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 250 The parts of the fluid rubbing against each other, destroy all viscidities. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 237/1 They must have honey, sugar, cinnamon... Dante and Ariosto, different as they are, equally avoided these sweet viscidities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611 |
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