viscous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose.

A more viscous kind cools into shapes like ropes. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White
Sometimes they catch them with a viscous birdlime that paralyses their movements. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
It seemed as if these viscous tentacles grew back like the many heads of Hydra. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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