viscous
English
/ˈvɪs.kəs/
adj
Definitions
- Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
- (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French visqueux derived from Latin viscōsus, viscum (birdlime, mistletoe).
Origin
Latin
viscum
Gloss
birdlime, mistletoe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elasticoviscous English
- elastoviscosity English
- elastoviscous English
- electroviscous English
- gyroviscosity English
- gyroviscous English
- homeoviscosity English
- homeoviscous English
- hyperviscosity English
- hyperviscous English
- isoviscous English
- macroviscosity English
- microviscosity English
- mucoviscosity English
- mucoviscous English
- nonviscous English
- semiviscous English
- ultraviscous English
- viscose English
- viscosity English
- viscousless English
- viscously English
- viscousness English
- viscumin English
- *visclum Latin
- viscidus Latin
- viscosus Latin
- viscum Latin
- viscōsus Latin
- viskos German
- viscoso Italian
- visqueux French
- visco Spanish, Castilian
- viscoso Spanish, Castilian
- *weyḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- viscoso Portuguese
- visgo Portuguese
- viscous Old French
- viscós Catalan, Valencian
- viscoso Galician
- visgo Galician
- vâsc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vâscos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guy Middle French
- viscosité Middle French
- visqueux Middle French
- vãscu Aromanian
- visc Friulian
- viscôs Friulian
- *wīhsila Frankish
- visc Piedmontese
- viscose
- viscumin
- viscously
- viscosity
- isoviscous
- nonviscous
- semiviscous
- viscousless
- gyroviscous
- viscousness
- mucoviscous
- homeoviscous
- ultraviscous
- hyperviscous
- mucoviscosity
- gyroviscosity
- elastoviscous
- homeoviscosity
- microviscosity
- macroviscosity
- hyperviscosity
- electroviscous
- elastoviscosity
- elasticoviscous