Note 2 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) € in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, $ in Thousands																	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2023 GBP (£)	Jun. 23, 2023 USD ($)	May 01, 2023 USD ($)	May 01, 2023 GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2022 EUR (€)	Oct. 24, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)	Jan. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2022 GBP (£)	Jan. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 11, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)
Goodwill	$ 1,486,512																	$ 1,392,627
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross													$ 205,592	£ 152,714
Adhezion [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount				$ 780
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	38,500
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	3,913
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				80,802
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High				$ 15,000
Goodwill	38,389
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	25,702
Xchem [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount	1,650
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	4,400
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	5,408
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	14,591
Goodwill	4,783
Beardow Adams [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount | £						£ 8,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	37,611
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	37,600
Goodwill	25,674
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	2,998
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 100,885	£ 80,738
Aspen Research Corporation [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount							$ 500
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	4,900
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	1,029
Goodwill	3,832
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross							$ 9,761
Lemtapes [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount | €									€ 850
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	5,526
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	928
Goodwill	3,028
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross								$ 9,482	€ 8,922
GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																	$ 3,400
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																	1,123
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred										$ 7,701
Business Acquisition, Holdback Amount, Paid on 12 Month										1,050
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Contingent Liability										$ 870
ZKLT Polymer Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																	5,183
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																	10,085
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High											$ 4,132								¥ 30,000
Goodwill																	5,992
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross											21,260	¥ 143,965
Business Combination, Required Payments Each 12 and 18 month											$ 3,987	¥ 27,000
Apollo [Member]
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount													$ 0
Apollo [Member] | Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																		76,198
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																		10,036
Goodwill																		119,358
Fourny NV [Member] | BELGIUM
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																		10,117
Goodwill																		6,455
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount																		0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross															$ 14,627	€ 12,867	$ 3,060
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents																		1,391
Construction Adhesives [Member]
Goodwill	432,769																	425,755
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Certain Assets of the Sanglier Group [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	10,695
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets	$ 5,937
Construction Adhesives [Member] | GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																		$ 3,178
Construction Adhesives [Member] | Certain Assets of the Sanglier Group [Member]
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred		$ 16,632	£ 13,339
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount | £			£ 2,100