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Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.

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  1. a. Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
  2. adj. having a relatively high resistance to flow
  3. adj. having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  4. 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.
  5. Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency;viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.-- Vis"cous*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s having a relatively high resistance to flow s having the sticky properties of an adhesive