viscid

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Late Latin viscidus, from viscum (“birdlime”).

When it was reached they solemnly began to wade in its viscid paint-like shallows. — The Queen of the Pirate Isle, Bret Harte
These almonds are not fine flavoured like those of the north, but are viscid, rancid, and bitter. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson

gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscous

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