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mucid

/ˈmjuːsɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cid
IPA
/ˈmjuːsɪd/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.

Archaic

adj

Rotten, bad, worthless.

Archaic

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more mucid (comparative) most mucid (superlative)

Derived Forms

mucidity mucidness

Synonyms

fusty rotten lubricous mucal lentous glutinous gooey slabby stiff syrupy thick thickflowing

Questions

How do you pronounce mucid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjuːsɪd/.
What does mucid mean?
Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
Where does mucid come from?
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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