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Word: Viscous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French viscous or late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum ‘birdlime’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvɪskəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity
Short Definition:having thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
Examples:- viscous lava
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