Obs. [f. prec. + -NESS.] Clammish quality; viscidity, stickiness.
1528. Paynel, Salerne Regim., O ij b. Fyshe of smal clammyshenes.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, VI. xlviii. 722. This fruite bycause of his clammishnesse and slyme.