viscousness

Variant of viscous

viscous definition

vis·cous (vis′kəs)

adjective

  1. having a cohesive and sticky fluid consistency; viscid
  2. Physics having viscosity

Etymology: ME viscouse < LL viscosus < L viscum, birdlime made from mistletoe berries, mistletoe, prob. < IE base *weis-: see virus

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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