clammy

(klamē)

adjective clammier, clammiest

unpleasantly moist, cold, and sticky

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

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See clammy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est
  1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.
  2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.
  3. Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

Origin:

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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