gluiness

glue  (gl)

n.

1.

a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.

b. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.

2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.

tr.v. glued, glu·ing, glues

1. To stick or fasten with or as if with glue.

2. To fasten on something attentively: Our eyes were glued to the stage.

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[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin gls, glt-, from Latin glten.]

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gluey adj.

glui·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gluiness - the property of being cohesive and sticky glueyness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness, cohesiveness viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)