mucid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mucidus, from Latin mucus (“mucus”). See mucus, and compare moist.

Adjective

mucid (comparative more mucid, superlative most mucid)

  1. musty; mouldy; slimy; mucous
  • mucidness

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mucid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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