glutinous

glu·ti·nous
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/ˈɡluːtɪnəs/

adjective

Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

Similar
glutinaceousglueygummymucilaginouspastystickyviscidviscous
OriginLatin glūtinōsus →
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Meanings

adjectiveglutinous (comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)

comparative more glutinous · superlative most glutinous

  1. Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

    Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food

    2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC
  2. Of the nature of gluten.
  3. Containing gluten.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
glutinaceous

adjectivehaving the sticky properties of an adhesive

Similar
glueygummymucilaginouspastystickyviscidviscousadhesive
Also see
glueyglutinaceousgummymucidmucilaginouspastyslimystickystiffthickviscidviscous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinglūtinōsus
  2. Englishglutinous

From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous.

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian лепкав, леплив
  • лепкав (lepkav)glue-like
  • леплив (lepliv)glue-like
  • глутенов (glutenov)of the nature of gluten
  • глутенов (glutenov)containing gluten
Chinese Mandarin 粘稠的, 膠質的 /胶质的
  • 粘稠的 (niánchóu de)glue-like
  • 膠質的 /胶质的 (jiāozhì de)glue-like
  • 粘性的 (niánxìng de)glue-like
  • 麩質性的 /麸质性的 (fūzhìxìng de)of the nature of gluten
  • 含麩質的 /含麸质的 (hán fūzhì de)of the nature of gluten
  • 含有麩質的 /含有麸质的 (hányǒu fūzhì de)containing gluten
  • 含麩質的 /含麸质的 (hán fūzhì de)containing gluten
Finnish tahmea, tarrautuva
  • tahmeaglue-like
  • tarrautuvaglue-like
  • puuroutuvaglue-like
  • gluteenin kaltainenof the nature of gluten
  • gluteenia sisältäväcontaining gluten
French glutineux, glutineux
  • glutineuxglue-like
  • glutineuxof the nature of gluten
  • glutineuxcontaining gluten
German klebrig
  • klebrigglue-like
Greek κολλώδης
  • κολλώδης (kollódis)glue-like
Italian glutinoso
  • glutinosoglue-like
Latin viscidus
  • viscidusglue-like
Russian кле́йкий, ли́пкий
  • кле́йкий (kléjkij)glue-like
  • ли́пкий (lípkij)glue-like
Spanish glutinoso, masacotudo
  • glutinosoglue-like
  • masacotudoglue-like
  • mazacotudoglue-like
  • masacoteglue-like
  • mazacoteglue-like
Tagalog malagkit, maligat
  • malagkitglue-like
  • maligatglue-like
Vietnamese dính
  • dínhglue-like
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glutinous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutinous.

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