Glairier

/ˈɡlɛriər/ adjective

Definition

Comparative form of glairy; more resembling glair or egg white in consistency or appearance.

Etymology

From glairy plus the comparative suffix -er. Glairy is formed from glair plus -y (as in 'creamy'), and glairier is the natural comparative formation. Used in technical and historical descriptions of viscosity and appearance.

Kelly Says

The fact that we can add -er to glairy to make glairier shows how flexible English is—we can describe something as 'increasingly egg-white-like' with a single word.

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