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Webster 1913 Edition

Clammy

Clam′my

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Clammier
; superl.
Clammiest
.]
[Cf. AS.
clām
clay. See
Clam
to clog, and cf.
Clay
.]
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
2.
Any loud and continued noise.
Addison.
Syn. – Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clammy

CLAMMY

,
Adj.
[See Clam.] Thick, viscous, adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; tenacious; as, bodies clammy and cleaving.
Cold sweat, in clammy drops, his limbs oer-spread.

Definition 2024

clammy

clammy

English

Adjective

clammy ‎(comparative clammier, superlative clammiest)

  1. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
    His hands were clammy from fright
  2. (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry.

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Etymology

From Middle English clam ‎(“viscous, sticky; slimy”), from Old English clǣman ‎(“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm ‎(“clammy”) and klemmen ‎(“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklæmi/
  • Rhymes: -æmi

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