glutinous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
glutinous (comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)
- Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
- 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC[1]:
- Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food
- Of the nature of gluten.
- Containing gluten.
Synonyms edit
- glutinaceous (uncommon)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
glue-like
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of the nature of gluten
containing gluten
Further reading edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “glutinous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- The Chambers Dictionary (1993)
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged (1961)