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aqueous

English

Alternative forms

  • aquæous (obsolete)
  • aquaeous
  • aquous (obsolete)

Etymology

Formed from Latin aqua + -ous (or from Medieval Latin aqueus), partly the analogy of Middle French aqueux (itself actually from Latin aquosus). Or based on the analogy of Latin terreus from terra.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?æ.kwi.?s/, /?e?.kwi.?s/

Adjective

aqueous (comparative more aqueous, superlative most aqueous)

  1. (chemistry) Consisting mostly of water.

Derived terms

Translations

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viscous

English

Etymology

First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?v?s.k?s/
  • Homophone: viscus
  • Rhymes: -?sk?s

Adjective

viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)

  1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
  2. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.

Synonyms

  • (having a thick consistency): syrupy, viscid, viscose, thickflowing

Antonyms

  • (physics): inviscid

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum.

Adjective

viscous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viscouse)

  1. viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly)

Descendants

  • Middle French: visqueux
    • French: visqueux
    • ? English: viscous

References

  • viscous on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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