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glutinous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective glutinous has 1 sense
- glutinous(s = adj.all) gluey, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous - having the sticky properties of an adhesive; Array Derived forms noun gluten1, noun glutinosity1, noun glutinousness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
glutinous, a. [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.].
- Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey. [1913 Webster]
- Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glutinous, adj. sticky; like glue.
Derivative
glutinously adv. glutinousness n.
Etymology
F glutineux or L glutinosus (as GLUTEN)
THESAURUS
glutinous
adherent, adhesive, amylaceous, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bullheaded, clabbered, clammy, clingy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, mucilaginous, obstinate, pasty, persistent, ropy, self-adhesive, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, stickable, sticky, stodgy, stringy, stubborn, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscousROGET THESAURUS
glutinous
Semiliquidity
N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.
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