Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being viscous; viscosity.

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  • noun Viscosity.

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  • noun resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

Etymologies

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viscous +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Notice the basic meanness and viscousness of his reply.

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  • These memes played a large role in fueling ideas of ethinic self determination and further explained a lot of the viscousness of nineteenth/twentieth century conflict.

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  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multilayered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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