γλίσχρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to glue, paste, stick together), the same root of γλίνη (glínē, any viscous substance), γλία (glía, glue), γλοιός (gloiós, any glutinous substance).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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γλῐ́σχρος (glískhrosm (feminine γλῐ́σχρᾱ, neuter γλῐ́σχρον); first/second declension

  1. sticky, claggy, adhesive
  2. (figuratively) sticking close, importunate
  3. clinging, clingy
  4. penurious, niggardly, stingy
  5. (of things) mean, shabby

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