resinous

comparative more resinous · superlative most resinous

1. Of or relating to resin.

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   Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state .

   1855, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences, page 205

   Synonyms: resinaceous

2. datednatural sciencesNegative (of electric charge).

   Antonyms: vitreous