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viscous

adj
/ˈvɪs.kəs/

Etymology

First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose.

  1. derived from viscum — “birdlime”
  2. derived from viscōsus
  3. borrowed from visqueux

Definitions

  1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

  2. Of or pertaining to viscosity.

    • viscous coefficient

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Derived

elastoviscous, electroviscous, gyroviscous, isoviscous, nonviscous, semiviscous, ultraviscous, viscous damper, viscousless, viscously, viscousness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at viscous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at viscous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at viscous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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