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glutinous

[ gloot-n-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.


glutinous

/ ˈɡluːtɪnəs; ˌɡluːtɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. resembling glue in texture; sticky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglutinously, adverb
  • ˈglutinousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • gluti·nous·ly adverb
  • gluti·nous·ness glu·ti·nos·i·ty [gloot-n-, os, -i-tee], noun
  • unglu·ti·nosi·ty noun
  • un·gluti·nous adjective
  • un·gluti·nous·ly adverb
  • un·gluti·nous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glutinous1

1375–1425; late Middle English; < Latin glūtinōsus gluey, sticky. See gluten, -ous
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Example Sentences

He shares his excitement about a scene where Raya makes an offering with bánh tét, a glutinous rice cake eaten during Vietnamese New Year, which is also Nguyen’s favorite food and one that reminds him of home.

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And unless you're careful, you'll be asked for a traditional Chinese brunch that will most likely include glutinous chicken feet.

The birds that build them swallow a certain kind of glutinous weed growing on the coral rocks.

He came home with his flank heating and a glutinous moisture on his lip, and a hunted look in his eye.

Some, covered with a hairy and glutinous seaweed, seemed like large green moles boring a way into the rock.

Suddenly a large, round, flattened, glutinous mass issued from beneath the crevice.

There is another sort of tuberous root, called “ulluca” by the Peruvians, which is more glutinous and less pleasant to the taste.

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