- clibbor
- adj? clinging [clifian]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
sticky — (adj.) 1727, adhesive, from STICK (Cf. stick) (v.). An O.E. word for this was clibbor. First recorded 1864 in the sense of sentimental; 1915 with the meaning difficult. Of weather, hot and humid, from 1895. Sticky wicket is 1952, from British… … Etymology dictionary
gel-1 — gel 1 English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm” Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary