English-Thai Dictionary

viscous

ADJ หนืด  เหนียว  ข้น มาก  viscous viscose nuad

 

viscously

ADV อย่าง เหนียวหนืด  yang-niao-nuad

 

viscousness

N ความเหนียว  ความหนืด  thickness consistency kwam-niao

 

viscousness

N ความ เหนียวหนืด  kwam-niao-nuad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VISCOUS

a.[L. viscus, birdlime. ] Glutinous; clammy; sticky; adhesive; tenacious; as a viscous juice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VISCOUS

Vis "cous, a. Etym: [L. viscosus. See Viscid. ]

 

Defn: Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- Vis "cous *ness, n.

 

Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

viscous

vis cous |ˈviskəs ˈvɪskəs | ▶adjective having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity: viscous lava. DERIVATIVES vis cous ly adverb, vis cous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French viscous or late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum ‘birdlime. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

viscous

viscous |ˈvɪskəs | ▶adjective having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity: viscous lava. DERIVATIVES viscously adverb, viscousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French viscous or late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum ‘birdlime ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

viscous

viscous adjective it's impossible to clean up this viscous substance with water: glutinous, gelatinous, thick, viscid, mucous, mucoid, mucilaginous, gummy, gluey, adhesive, tacky, adherent, treacly, syrupy; technical viscoelastic; informal gooey, gloppy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

viscous

viscous adjective pools of viscous liquid had started to spread across the floor: sticky, gummy, glue-like, gluey, adhesive, tacky, adhering, adherent, sticking, clinging, treacly, syrupy; glutinous, gelatinous, thick, viscid, pasty, mucous, mucoid, mucilaginous, jelly-like, slimy; informal gooey, gunky, gloopy, cloggy, icky; N. Amer. informal gloppy; rare viscoid. ANTONYMS watery.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

viscous

vis cous /vɪ́skəs /形容詞 1 粘着性の, 粘りけのある .2 〘物理 〙粘性の .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞