glutinous

English

Etymology

From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡluːtɪnəs/
• Hyphenation: glu‧ti‧nous

Adjective

glutinous (comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)

1. Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
   • 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food

2. Of the nature of gluten.
3. Containing gluten.

Synonyms

• glutinaceous (uncommon)

Derived terms

• glutinous hag
• glutinous rice
• non-glutinous

Translations

glue-like

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tahmea (fi), tarrautuva, puuroutuva (fi) (of rice)
• French: glutineux (fr)
• Galician: pegañento (gl) m
• German: klebrig (de)
• Greek: κολλώδης (el) (kollódis)
• Italian: glutinoso
• Kannada: ಜಿಗಟಾದ (kn) (jigaṭāda), ಅಂಟಾದ (kn) (aṇṭāda), ಅಂಟಂಟಾದ (kn) (aṇṭaṇṭāda), ಅಂಟುವ (kn) (aṇṭuva)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: viscidus
• Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان (yapışkan)
• Russian: кле́йкий (ru) (kléjkij), ли́пкий (ru) (lípkij)
• Tagalog: malagkit, maligat
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: dính (vi)

of the nature of gluten

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: gluteenin kaltainen
• French: please add this translation if you can

containing gluten

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: gluteenia sisältävä
• French: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “glutinous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• The Chambers Dictionary (1993)
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged (1961)