[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Clammy state or quality; sticky dampness, viscosity, adhesiveness, tenacity.
1528. Paynel, Salerne Regim., O iij. Theyr [fishes’] clammynes, grossenes, and coldnes, maye be taken away with certaine sauces.
1597. Gerard, Herbal, I. xl. § 5. Wheate … hath also a certaine clammines and stopping qualitie.
1676. Grew, Anat. Plants, IV. II. ii. § 10. That Clamminess of some Flowers, whereby … they stick to our Fingers.
1703. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 104. That will spoil the Clamminess of the Glew.
1842. J. Stevenson, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. xxii. 15. Clamminess of the mouth … had already seized him.
1855. Bain, Senses & Int., II. ii. (1864), 196. Clamminess is a distinct sensation arising from the adhesion of a substance to the skin.
