clammy
- Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈklæmi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.
damp and humid
lentous
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