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clam⋅my

  [klam-ee]
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–adjective -mi⋅er, -mi⋅est.
1. covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
2. sickly; morbid: She had a clammy feeling that something was wrong at home.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, equiv. to ME clam sticky, cold and damp + -y -y 1

Related forms:
clam⋅mi⋅ly, adverb
clam⋅mi⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

clammy 
1398, probably from M.E. clam "viscous, sticky, muddy," from O.E. clæm "mud, sticky clay," from P.Gmc. *klaimaz "clay."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: clam·my
Pronunciation: 'klam-E
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: clam·mi·er; -est
: being moist andsticky clammy —Emergency Medicine> <clammy sweating>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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