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mucus

/mˈjuːkəs/MYOO-kuhs
/mˈjukəs/MYOO-kuhs

Meaningslime

Common meaning: slimy matter from the nose

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MUK‘loosen, dismiss, shed, cast away’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 278, p. 740 · scan
  2. Latinmūcus, -ī‘slime from the nose’
  3. Englishmucus‘slimy matter from the nose’ · today

muc also in: mucousmucilage

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mūcus ‘slime from the nose’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mūcus, p. 1169 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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