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Definition of viscous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

viscous

adjective

/ˈvɪskəs/

/ˈvɪskəs/

(specialist)

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(of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Viscous is used with these nouns:
liquid
substance
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French viscous or late Latin viscosus, from Latin viscum ‘birdlime’.

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