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Viscose

[vis-kohs]

vis·cose

[vis-kohs]
noun
1.
a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
2.
viscose rayon.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or made from viscose.

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Viscose is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1350–1400 for def. 4; 1895–1900 for def. 1; (in def. 4) < Late Latin viscōsus viscous (see -ose1); (in def. 1) < Latin visc(um) birdlime + -ose2

vicious, viscose, viscous.
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viscose (ˈvɪskəʊs)
 
n
1.  a.  a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
 b.  (as modifier): viscose rayon
2.  rayon made from this material
 
adj
3.  another word for viscous
 
[C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid]

viscous or viscose (ˈvɪskəs)
 
adj
1.  (of liquids) thick and sticky; viscid
2.  having or involving viscosity
 
[C14: from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscose]
 
viscose or viscose
 
adj
 
[C14: from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscose]
 
'viscously or viscose
 
adv
 
'viscousness or viscose
 
n

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