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(klam′ē)

adjective clammier, clammiest

unpleasantly moist, cold, and sticky

Origin: ME < clam, viscous, muddy, prob. < OE clam, mud, clay: for IE base see clay

Related Forms:

clammily adverb
clamminess noun

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adjective clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est

Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.
Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.
Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

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Origin: Middle English, sticky

Origin: , probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay)

Origin: or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness

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Related Forms:

clamˈmi·ly adverb

clamˈmi·ness noun

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