"viscidity" meaning in English

See viscidity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɪˈsɪdɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viscidity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: viscidities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin viscum Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Late Latin viscidus English viscid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English viscidity From viscid + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|viscid|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin viscum Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Late Latin viscidus English viscid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English viscidity [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-iðos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-idus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "viscidus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "viscid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "viscidity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="viscidity"> From viscid + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} viscidity (countable and uncountable, plural viscidities)
  1. The quality of being viscid. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: viscosity Translations (quality of being viscid): nyúlósság (Hungarian), lepkość [feminine] (Polish), zawiesistość [feminine] (Polish)

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