viscosite, viscositie

[Fr. viscosité, from Lat. viscosus viscous (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being viscous; stickine , glutinousne , adhesivene , viscidity, tenacity. "The air being mixed with the animal fluids, determines their condition as to rarity, density, viscosity, tenuity."-Arbuthnot. 2. A glutinous or viscous body or substance. "A tenuous emanation, or continued effluvium, after some distance, retraceth unto itself, as is observable in drops of syrups and seminal viscosities ."-Browne.