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glutinous adjective [ ˈɡluːtɪnəs ]

• like glue in texture; sticky.
• "glutinous mud"
Similar: sticky, viscous, tacky, glue-like, gluey, gummy, treacly, mucilaginous, mucous, cohesive, adhesive, claggy, gooey, gloopy, cloggy, gloppy, viscid, viscoid,
Opposite: dry,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French glutineux or Latin glutinosus, from gluten ‘glue’.


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