Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gluey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: gluey
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

Example Sentences

"The daily diet consisted of a slice of black, gluey bread with tea and one watery soup with a few frozen cabbage leaves in it."
"Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey)."

Etymology

From Middle English glewy; equivalent to glue + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: glewy
Suffix: glue

Inflected Forms

gluier (comparative) gluiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

glueyness gluily

Synonyms

sticky gummy tacky glutinous mucilaginous pasty viscid viscous

Questions

What does gluey mean?: Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
Where does gluey come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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