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English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to English viscid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?sk?s/
• Homophone: viscous
• Rhymes: -?sk?s

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

1. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
2. (anatomy, specifically) The intestines.

Synonyms

• entrails
• innards
• intestines
• offal

Derived terms

• eviscerate
• visceral

Translations

See also

• viscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• viscous

References

• viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• viscus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?is.kus/, [?u??s?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vis.kus/, [?viskus]

Noun

viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension

1. Any internal organ of the body.
2. (anatomy) entrails, viscera

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• viscer?lis

Related terms

• viscum

Descendants

• ? English: viscera
• ? French: viscères
• Portuguese: víscera

References

Further reading

• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• viscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN

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