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单词 mucid
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Definition of mucid in English:

mucid

adjective ˈmjuːsɪd
rare

  • Mouldy, musty, or festering.

    a mucid sheet of green scum floated undisturbed over the goldfish pool
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The town was mucid and quaggy in the extreme.
    • Here and there are mucid gray globs of something vaguely organic.
    • He caught sight of a slop-shop where old clothes smothered the entrance with their mucid heaps.
    • By midsummer, the water was mucid, pea-green, fermenting, almost bubbling with corruption.
    • The dank miasma of the marsh, clung with a mucid dullness round my frame.
    Synonyms
    mouldy, stale, fusty, damp, dank, mildewed, mildewy, decayed, smelly, stuffy, airless, unventilated

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin mucidus, from mucere 'be mouldy'.
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