clammy

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There is a kind of locust, called the clammy-barked, found in the Southern parts of the United States, which is a smaller tree than the common locust and has large pale-pink flowers, while the rose acacia is a very beautiful flowering shrub.

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  1. adjective Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.
  2. adjective Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.
  3. adjective Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

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  • The sexy sweat suddenly felt clammy, the sweet postcoital intimacy a guilty crime. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • It made the inside of the carriage clammy, and he could imagine what it was doing to the outside. —  Mary Balogh - A Masked Deception
  • But all over his body the sweat was cold and clammy, and his stomach began to heave not from the dismal stench but in fear for his life-and the lives of his sons. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • Her flesh was clammy, almost as cold as the bitter walls. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 1 - Fire Dancer (v1.0)
  • He looked worn out, clammy, and pale, but he had flown all the way with no complaint. —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, sticky, probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness.

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  1. Extended form of earlier clam, with same sense: see clam, a.
 

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/ˈklæmi/
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