lentous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lentus. See lentor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lentous (comparative more lentous, superlative most lentous)
- (obsolete) viscid; viscous; tenacious
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- spawn of a lentous and transparent body