clammy
adjective
1.
unpleasantly cool and humid
- “a clammy handshake”
- “clammy weather”
- “a dank cellar”
- “dank rain forests”
Origin
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.
Phrases
- clammy goosefoot
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