clotty

English

Etymology

From Middle English clotty, equivalent to clot +‎ -y. Compare German klotzig (“bulky, massive, huge”).

Adjective

clotty (comparative more clotty, superlative most clotty)

1. Full of clots, or clods.
   • 1830, The Veterinarian:

     When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril.

Derived terms

• clottiness