clammy

adj

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.

1. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.

   “His hands were clammy from fright.”

   “The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much”

2. The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.