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Glutinous

//ˈɡluːtɪnəs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

    "Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food"

  2. 2
    Of the nature of gluten.
  3. 3
    Containing gluten.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive wordnet

Etymology

From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous.

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