viscid \VIS-id\    , adjective:
1. Having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive.
2. Botany. Covered by a sticky substance.

desinence

  
 \ DES-uh-nuhns \  , noun;
1.
A termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.
2.
Grammar.  A termination, ending, or suffix of a word.

They say that learning is a process that knows no desinence. This is only true if one takes a viscid grip on every experience that comes his way.