Viscid
/ˈvɪsɪd/noun
Having a sticky, glue-like consistency; viscous or adhesive.
Did you know?Viscid comes from Latin *viscidus*, from *viscum* meaning mistletoe or birdlime, a sticky substance once used in trapping birds—so the word’s history is literally about a substance that captures.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weis-
“to melt, flow, or ooze”
Latin
Latin
viscum
“mistletoe; birdlime, a sticky glue made from it”
Latin
Latin
viscidus
“sticky, adhesive”
Middle English
English
viscid
“sticky or glutinous”
Modern English
English
viscid
“having a sticky, glue-like consistency”