An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Having the property of → viscosity. See also: → viscous dissipation, → viscous decretion disk, → viscous fluid, → viscous force, → nonviscous.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from M.Fr. viscous, from L. viscosus “sticky,” from viscum “anything sticky; mistletoe.”

Etymology (PE): From vošk “a kind of sticky gum” + -sân suffix of similarity, from sân “way, manner.”