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Glutinous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLU'TINOUS, n. [L. glutinosus.] Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; resembling glue. Starch is glutinous.
1. In botany, besmeared with a slippery moisture; as a glutinous leaf.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin glutinosus, from glutin-, gluten Date: 15th century having the quality of glue ; gummy • glutinously adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. sticky; like glue. Derivatives: glutinously adv. glutinousness n. Etymology: F glutineux or L glutinosus (as GLUTEN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glutinous Glu"ti*nous, a. [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.] 1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey. 2. (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is glutinous is very sticky. The sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial. ...soft and glutinous mud. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Gluey, viscous, viscid, sticky, gummy, adhesive, tenacious, clammy.

Moby Thesaurus

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, viscous