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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

viscosus

. See

Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious;

as, a

viscous

juice

–

Vis′cous-ness

Noun.

☞ There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.

Adj.

[L. viscus, birdlime.]

Glutinous; clammy; sticky; adhesive; tenacious; as a viscous juice.