Glutinate

/ˈɡluːtɪneɪt/ verb

Definition

To glue or stick together; to join with a glutinous or adhesive substance.

Etymology

From Latin glutinare meaning to glue, with the verb-forming suffix -ate. Related to gluten and glutinous, all stemming from the Latin root gluten (glue).

Kelly Says

Glutinate is a real word but sounds almost musical—it's the kind of precise term medieval scholars would have used when describing how substances bond together, before we had modern chemistry to explain adhesion.

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