Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

Showing results for mucilaginous. Search instead for mucilaginously.

Synonyms

mucilaginous

American

[myoo-suh-laj-uh-nuhs] / ˌmyu səˈlædʒ ə nəs /

adjective

of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
of the nature of or resembling mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid.

Other Word Forms

mucilaginously adverb
nonmucilaginous adjective

Etymology

Origin of mucilaginous

1640–50; < Late Latin mūcilāgin- (stem of mūcilāgō ) mucilage + -ous

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.