mucid
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- mucidity noun
- mucidness noun
Etymology
Origin of mucid
1650–60; < Latin mūcidus musty, moldy, equivalent to mūc- ( mucor ) + -idus -id 4
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 Literature
Orr snickered with a slight, mucid sibilance and turned back to his work, squatting.
From Literature
Mucid, mū′sid, adj. slimy, mouldy—also Mū′cidous.—ns.
From Project Gutenberg
But just as the cab reached the beginning of the Camden Road, he caught sight of a slop-shop where old clothes smothered the entrance with their mucid heaps and, just beyond, of three houses from whose surface the stucco was peeling in great scabs and the damp was oozing in livid arabesques and scrawls of verdigris.
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During this the familiar, mucid feel closed about him.
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