muscilage

Middle English

Alternative forms

muscillage, muscylage, musselage, mussillage, mustelage

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mucilage, from Late Latin mūcilāgō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmusiˈlaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˌmiu̯siˈlaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

muscilage (plural muscilages)

mucilage
(rare) mucus

Descendants

English: mucilage

References

“mūscilāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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