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mucid

[ myoo-sid ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. moldy; musty.


mucid

/ ˈ³¾Âá³Ü˲õɪ»å /

adjective

  1. rare.
    mouldy, musty, or slimy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³¾³Üˈ³¦¾±»å¾±³Ù²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾³Üc¾±»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mucid1

1650–60; < Latin ³¾Å«³¦¾±»å³Ü²õ musty, moldy, equivalent to ³¾Å«³¦- ( mucor ) + -idus -id 4
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mucid1

C17: from Latin ³¾Å«³¦¾±»å³Ü²õ, from ³¾³Ü³¦Å§°ù±ð to be mouldy
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Example Sentences

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From the president’s vantage point the scene was festive and crisp, but at ground level there was water and mud and the mucid sucking that accompanied any shift in position.

From

Orr snickered with a slight, mucid sibilance and turned back to his work, squatting.

From

Then Beowulf saw coil after coil of slimy skin, mucid, spongy, dripping with the filth of the swamps, smeared thick with blood and scum, maggoty, putrid, and a pair of eyes glaring green, and slobbering lips, and huge claws reaching .

From

Mucid, mū′sid, adj. slimy, mouldy—also Mū′cidous.—ns.

From

Slaves stumble over garbage-strewn floors bearing trays of delicacies from some gastronomic apocalypse: a white calf wearing a brass helmet, cows' udders aswim in a mucid green sauce.

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