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Definition of mucid in English: mucidadjective 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'. |