Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Musty; moldy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.
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- adjective
musty ;mouldy ;slimy ;mucous
Etymologies
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Latin mucidus, from Latin mucus mucus. See mucus, and compare moist.
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Examples
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The caress of the mist failed to horrify me, but it was as mucid as that of any specter in a midnight tale.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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During this the familiar, mucid feel closed about him.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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And the _Jou-yao_, second in rank among all porcelains, sometimes mocking the aspect and the sonority of bronze, sometimes blue as summer waters, and deluding the sight with mucid appearance of thickly floating spawn of fish; --
Some Chinese Ghosts Lafcadio Hearn 1877
whichbe commented on the word mucid
Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.
October 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word mucid
I bet it's moist too.
October 30, 2008