lentous
English
Etymology
From Latin lentus. See lentor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛntəs/
Adjective
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