gelatinous

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Thereupon Sir Charles felt highly gelatinous, and lost, for the moment, all power of resistance or argument.

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  1. adjective Resembling gelatin; viscous.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or containing gelatin.

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  • It undulates with hundreds of gelatinous, INSECT-LIKE EGGS. —  Body
  • Something cool and gelatinous was smeared over the painful area; then an adhesive bandage, tight around his ribs. —  Thrilling Wonder Stories April, 1953
  • They were obviously alive, for their gelatinous masses quivered and trembled in constant activity. —  Astounding Stories, February 1932
  • It was the same kind of gelatinous stuff that we had found in the wreck of the ship that had brought the infant Ell to Earth. —  AUGUST, 1953 VOL
  • She opened that, and in among the silver creases he saw a thing like a stylized teardrop the color of blood, a three-dimensional paisley, gelatinous, specks of light sculling through it. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 06 - June 1994
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viscous ·  glutinous ·  gooey ·  jelly-like ·  syrupy ·  gummy ·  sticky ·  albuminous ·  resinous ·  amorphous ·  milky ·  whitish
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  1. from New Latin *gelatinosus, from gelatina, gelatin: see gelatin.
 

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