mucid

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈmjuːsɪd/

Definition of mucid

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
    “the incessant flurried movement of the flexuous lips, the little spasmodic cough, the mucid vacancy of the shell-fish-like eyes with their inflamed rims, pointed, significantly enough to discrimination, to one clear explanation of her aspect and condition.”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
    “the incessant flurried movement of the flexuous lips, the little spasmodic cough, the mucid vacancy of the shell-fish-like eyes with their inflamed rims, pointed, significantly enough to discrimination, to one clear explanation of her aspect and condition.”
  2. (archaic, figuratively)Rotten, bad, worthless.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcusdenom. Latin mūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin mūcidusbor. English mucid Borrowed from Latin mucidus, from Latin mucus (“mucus”). See mucus, and compare moist.

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