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viscuous

viscuous is the misspelling of viscous.

Meaning of viscous

Adjective

viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)

  1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).
    • […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the...2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
    Antonyms:
    inviscid
  2. Of or pertaining to viscosity.
    • viscous coefficient

Questions about viscuous

What is viscuous the misspelling of?
Viscuous is the misspelling of viscous.

Words near viscuous in the dictionary

  1. viscously
  2. viscousness
  3. Visct
  4. viscumin
  5. viscumins
  6. viscuous
  7. viscus
  8. Viscuso
  9. Viscusos
  10. vise
  11. Visean

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