gluish
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English glewysch; equivalent to glue + -ish.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgluish (comparative more gluish, superlative most gluish)
- Somewhat gluey.
- 1622, John Bonoeil, His Majesties... Letter to the Earle of South-Hampton... Also a Treatise of the Art of Making Silke..., page 46:
- and the liquor be gluish betweene your fingers