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Definition of Sliminess
1. Noun. A property resembling or being covered with slime.
2. Noun. The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions. "The vileness of his language surprised us"
Generic synonyms: Distastefulness, Odiousness, Offensiveness
Derivative terms: Loathsome, Loathsome, Lousy, Lousy, Repulsive, Repulsive, Slimy, Vile, Wicked
Definition of Sliminess
1. n. The quality or state of being slimy.
Definition of Sliminess
1. Noun. The property of being slimy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sliminess
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sliminess
Literary usage of Sliminess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Homoeopathic domestic medicine by Joseph Laurie (1883)
"by candle-light—or smarting, with great irritation, in the corners of the eyes ;
lights appear to be surrounded by ft red halo; stickiness and sliminess of ..."
2. Bacteria in Milk and Its Products: Designed for the Use of Students in by Herbert William Conn (1903)
"The most troublesome infection in a dairy, outside of the milk souring, is the
development of a sliminess. A sliminess in milk is not always produced by ..."
3. Bacteria in Milk and Its Products: Designed for the Use of Students in by Herbert William Conn (1903)
"The most troublesome infection in a dairy, outside of the milk souring, is the
development of a sliminess. A sliminess in milk is not always produced by ..."
4. A Manual of Practical Hygiene for Students, Physicians, and Health Officers by Charles Harrington (1914)
"... is altered by the action of a somewhat large variety of organisms, which
produce a condition of sliminess. Slimy or "ropy" milk throws up no cream, ..."
5. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"Slimy ency over the germs causing sliminess, and milk; this milk Js ,- would "string m
... From Bui. cies which produces sliminess in milk. This 62, Wis. ..."
6. Dairy Bacteriology by Sigurd Orla-Jensen, Paul Seidelin Arup (1921)
"As far as the Swedish " long milk " or the Dutch " long whey " are concerned,
sliminess is a desirable characteristic, but otherwise it is highly ..."
7. Production and Inspection of Milk by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station (1912)
"A sliminess in milk somewhat resembling that caused by bacteria is ... The temperature
at which sliminess appears most rapidly after the milk has become ..."
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