viscose

English

Etymology

Latin viscosus, from viscum, birdlime.

Noun

viscose (uncountable)

1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
2. A fabric made from this material.
   • 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian^[1]:

     Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.

Synonyms

• cellulose xanthate

Translations

liquid

• Czech: viskóza f
• Finnish: viskoosi (fi)

• Italian: viscosa (it) f

fabric

• Czech: viskóza f
• Estonian: viskoos
• Finnish: viskoosikuitu, viskoosi (fi)

• Irish: vioscós m
• Italian: viscosa (it) f
• Swedish: viskos (sv) c

Anagrams

• Vescios

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Italian

Noun

viscose f

1. plural of viscosa

Adjective

viscose

1. feminine plural of viscoso

Anagrams

• sovesci

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Latin

Adjective

viscōse

1. vocative masculine singular of viscōsus