viscid

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viscid

/ˈvɪsɪd/

adjective more viscid · most viscid

Having a high viscosity.
Similar: viscous · Opposite: inviscid
Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter.
Similar: mucilaginous · Opposite: inviscid
Covered with a viscid layer.
Opposite: inviscid

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adj sticky, slimy, or glutinous

Русский	ли́пкий lípkij, кле́йкий kléjkij

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@misc{viscid_2026,
  title = {viscid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/viscid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}