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clammy

Pronunciation: /ˈklæmi/

The English word “clammy” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
  2. The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.

Etymology

From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.

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