Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the quality of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; tenacious.
- Covered with a sticky exudation; viscid.
- Also
glutinose .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
- adjective (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
glue -like, sticky,viscid . - adjective Of the nature of
gluten . - adjective Containing gluten.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I've had homemade congee, so I know that it's often like that, but the one in the can which I've bought many times was more glutinous, which is why I liked it.
Congee disappointment mj 2009
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I've had homemade congee, so I know that it's often like that, but the one in the can which I've bought many times was more glutinous, which is why I liked it.
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Loh mai kai aka glutinous rice with soy sauce and chicken
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They are laid in the shape of a broad, short ribbon, pressed between the mantle and the shell, and, passing out, cover the outside of the shell, over which they are rolled up, with a kind of glutinous envelope, -- for the eggs are held together by a soft glutinous substance.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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And there are some, I suppose, who favour a kind of glutinous yellow composition, neither reactionary nor progressive, but something betwixt and between.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 Various 1898
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I observed that he took out of one of these vessels a little box of a certain wood, which I knew not, and put it into his breast; but first shewed me that it contained only a kind of glutinous ointment.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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This can certainly be turned into “Tempting is the very last thing I would call that glutinous mess they served for desert.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Gielgud won an Oscar for the film a case where Oscar repaid an actor for an entire career and the glutinous theme song by Christopher Cross took the award for best song.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Arthur Marshall Fine 2011
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Consider this sentence: “The very last thing I would call that glutinous mess they served for desert is tempting.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Consider this sentence: “The very last thing I would call that glutinous mess they served for desert is tempting.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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