Meanings
comparative more viscid · superlative most viscid
- Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
The pool’s bottoms and sides were lined with a blanket of viscid slime, and the three statues in the middle, the three Sirens of Titan, were under a mucilaginous hump.
1959, Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, Epilogue, pp. 315-3161 more example
They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter.
1906, O. Henry, The Furnished RoomSynonyms: mucilaginous · Antonyms: inviscid
- Covered with a viscid layer.
Antonyms: inviscid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered with a viscid layer.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving the sticky properties of an adhesive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinviscum
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Late Latinviscidus
- Englishviscid
From Late Latin viscidus, from viscum (“birdlime”).
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian лепкав, слузест
- лепкав (lepkav)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
- слузест (sluzest)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
Latin viscidus
- viscidussticky, slimy, or glutinous
Māori piapia
- piapiasticky, slimy, or glutinous
Polish lepki, zawiesisty
- lepkisticky, slimy, or glutinous
- zawiesistysticky, slimy, or glutinous
Russian ли́пкий, кле́йкий
- ли́пкий (lípkij)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
- кле́йкий (kléjkij)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
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