Meaning

adjective having the sticky properties of an adhesive

adjective covered with adhesive gum

originEtymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.

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