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mucous

/ˈmjuːkəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cous
IPA
/ˈmjuːkəs/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to mucus.

adj

Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus.

Etymology

Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) + -ous = muco- + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more mucous (comparative) most mucous (superlative)

Derived Forms

mucously mucousness mucousy nonmucous semimucous seromucous submucous

Phrases

mucous acid mucous membrane mucous tunic

Frequently Paired Words

mucosal mucoid myxoid

Synonyms

mucal mucoid myxoid mucose

Homonyms

mucus

Rhymes With

lucas mucus lukas

Questions

How do you pronounce mucous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjuːkəs/.
What does mucous mean?
Pertaining to mucus.
Where does mucous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mucous

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