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Grammar : Adj
Spell : vis-kuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪs kəs



Definition of viscous

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French viscous, from Late Latin viscosus "sticky," from Latin viscum "anything sticky, birdlime made from mistletoe, mistletoe," probably from PIE root *weis- "to melt away, flow" (used of foul or malodorous fluids); see virus.
  • adj sticky, gummy
Example sentences :
  • The man and woman were chopping at the viscous, gruesome head.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • All about him the straw was clotted with brown, viscous patches of blood.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Matt nodded, and pointed to the viscous deposit in the dome of the bell.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
  • The same is true of all viscous substances, as starch and glue; and so of oil.
  • Extract from : « Farm drainage » by Henry Flagg French
  • His right eye had suffered damage, and the pupil of it was white and viscous.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • They make it viscous or sluggish as it melts and prevent a too rapid flow.
  • Extract from : « The Potter's Craft » by Charles F. Binns
  • Its flesh is fat and viscous, and by no means pleasant to eat.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • If the lava is a thin fluid (not viscous), the gases may escape easily.
  • Extract from : « Volcanoes » by Robert I. Tilling
  • But what have you done with your viscous fetid pustules to have such a sweet air?
  • Extract from : « The Book of Masks » by Remy de Gourmont
  • The atmosphere is viscous—or, to use a commoner word, “sticky.”
  • Extract from : « The Aeroplane » by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper

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