Note 15 - Segments - Disaggregated Revenue Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 28, 2020	Aug. 29, 2020	May 30, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	Jun. 01, 2019	Mar. 02, 2019	Nov. 28, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 01, 2018
Revenue	$ 777,640	$ 691,463	$ 674,602	$ 646,564	$ 739,106	$ 725,376	$ 759,583	$ 672,935	$ 2,790,269	$ 2,897,000	$ 3,041,002
Americas [Member]
Revenue									1,493,169	1,568,544	1,648,941
EIMEA [Member]
Revenue									756,194	793,937	866,057
Asia Pacific [Member]
Revenue									540,906	534,519	526,004
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									1,332,786	1,328,286	1,375,562
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									736,681	733,125	744,096
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									388,271	392,497	424,521
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									207,834	202,664	206,945
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									1,088,313	1,158,403	1,186,533
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									430,866	469,764	476,322
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									347,417	380,673	416,906
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									310,030	307,966	293,305
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									369,170	396,580	454,149
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									325,622	351,924	403,765
Construction Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									20,506	20,767	24,630
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue									23,042	23,889	25,754
Corporate Segment [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue									0	13,731	24,758
Corporate Segment [Member] | Americas [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue									0	13,731	24,758
Corporate Segment [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue									0	0	0
Corporate Segment [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue									$ 0	$ 0	$ 0