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mucilage

/ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cilage
IPA
/ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English muscilage, mussillage, from Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), from Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives, for example mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: muscilage, mucilage, mūcilāgō

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/
  • British English: /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mucilages (plural)

Derived Forms

demucilage mucilloid

Phrases

marine mucilage

Frequently Paired Words

mucilaginous mucosity mucus

Synonyms

vegetable mucus glue gum

Questions

How do you pronounce mucilage?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/.
What does mucilage mean?
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Where does mucilage come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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