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Definition of Clamminess
1. Noun. Unpleasant wetness.
Definition of Clamminess
1. n. State of being clammy or viscous.
Definition of Clamminess
1. Noun. the state of being clammy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clamminess
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamminess
Literary usage of Clamminess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1870)
"I observe a certain degree of clamminess about the sheaths of the ... The clamminess
may be entirely accidental; and if there were universally a sugary ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"In England, we have observed that this clamminess differs much in different trees,
and in some is almost wanting. Properties and Uses, SfC. ..."
3. Principles of Education by Frederick Elmer Bolton (1910)
"... joy may produce a flow of tears, that fear and other emotions may induce sudden
perspiration, that fear may produce clamminess, or even paralysis, etc. ..."
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