Note 15 - Segments - Disaggregated Revenue Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Nov. 27, 2021	Nov. 28, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019
Revenue		$ 3,278,031	$ 2,790,269	$ 2,897,000
Americas [Member]
Revenue		1,715,374	1,493,169	1,568,544
EIMEA [Member]
Revenue		917,946	756,194	793,937
Asia Pacific [Member]
Revenue		644,711	540,906	534,519
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		1,472,756	1,332,786	1,328,286
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		826,172	736,681	733,125
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		425,324	388,271	392,497
Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		221,260	207,834	202,664
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		1,371,756	1,088,313	1,158,403
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		504,626	430,866	469,764
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		470,466	347,417	380,673
Engineering Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		396,664	310,030	307,966
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		433,519	369,170	396,580
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue				396,580
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		384,576	325,622	351,924
Construction Adhesives [Member] | EIMEA [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		22,156	20,506	20,767
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue		26,787	23,042	23,889
Corporate Segment [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue	[1]	0	0	13,731
Corporate Segment [Member] | Americas [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Revenue		0	0	13,731
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

[1] Consistent with our internal management reporting, Corporate Unallocated amounts in the tables above include charges that are not allocated to the Company’s reportable segments.