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单词 viscidity
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viscidityn.

Brit. /vɪˈsɪdᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈsɪdᵻdi/
Etymology: < viscid adj. + -ity suffix. Compare obsolete French viscidité (16th cent.).
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).
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