English Explanatory Dictionary

mucid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
  2. Rotten, bad, worthless.

Pronunciation

/ˈmjuːsɪd/

Word forms

mucid more mucid most mucid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcusdenom. Latin mūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin mūcidusbor. English mucid Borrowed from Latin mucidus, from Latin mucus (“mucus”). See mucus, and compare moist.

Synonyms

fusty rotten lubricous mucal lentous glutinous gooey slabby stiff syrupy thick thickflowing treacly viscid viscose viscous junky no good two-bit abysmal atrocious awful bad chronic coarse corny crap crapalicious crappy crummy deityforsaken dire disagreeable dismal dogshit dreadful fifth-rate foul fourth-rate godawful hellish hideous hopeless horrendous horrid horrible horrific inadequate incompetent inelegant intolerable inferior lackluster loathsome lousy miserable naff negative odious ordinary

Derived words

mucidity mucidness
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