Glutinous
/ˈɡluː.tɪ.nəs/noun
Having the quality of being sticky or viscous; especially describing foods like rice.
Did you know?Glutinous and glue both trace back to Latin *gluten*, meaning “glue,” a word that gave English a whole family of binding, sticking, and clinging terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*glei-
“to be sticky, viscous, or gluey”
Latin
Latin
gluten
“glue; sticky substance”
Late Latin
Latin
glutinōsus
“full of glue; sticky”
14th Century
English
glutinous
“having the nature of glue; sticky”
Modern English
English
glutinous
“sticky, viscous, especially of food like rice”
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