viscous
adjective /ˈvɪskəs/
/ˈvɪskəs/
(specialist)- (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freelyOxford Collocations DictionaryViscous is used with these nouns:
- liquid
- substance
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French viscous or late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum ‘birdlime’.