mucid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmjuːsɪd/
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.
Meanings
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(archaic) Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
the incessant flurried movement of the flexuous lips, the little spasmodic cough, the mucid vacancy of the shell-fish-like eyes with their inflamed rims, pointed, significantly enough to discrimination, to one clear explanation of her aspect and condition.
1913, Bernard Capes, Bag and Baggage, The Soft Seraphic Screen:
- (archaic, figuratively) Rotten, bad, worthless.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most mucid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more mucid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
lentous · fifth-rate · loathsome · not worth a whistle · rubbish · fusty · dreckish · drecky · tripy · hellish · pissass · two-bit · hopeless · bastardly · fourth-rate · negative · crapalicious · for the birds · garbagey · worthless · crapalicious · deityforsaken · dreadful · nought · crappy · disagreeable · toshy · viscid · wutless · ineffectual · not worth a farthing · gooey · putid · crap · not worth a penny · viscose · glutinous · shitty-ass · corny · not worth a Continental · valueless · sixpenny · stiff · strawlike · punk · mouldy · thickflowing · inferior · awful · suckworthy · unappreciated · draffy · terrible · cruddy · junky · not worth a dime · peak · syrupy · coarse · naff · shitawful · unfavorable · shitty · lackluster · rotten · shitstained · not worth a curse · not worth hell room · lubricous · blown · triobolar · crummy · horrible · vain · horrific · screwy · two-bit · good-for-naught · scummy · subpar · not worth a nickel · abysmal · not worth a damn · thick · foul · rubbishy · odious · mucid · miserable · goodless · inadequate · shit · cocking · jabberwocky · horrid · dismal · incompetent · hideous · piss-poor · not worth a plug nickel · cacky · godawful · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · trinkety · no good · junky · nonvaluable · sloppy · of no value · fucking · shand · inelegant · no-account · tenth-rate · not worth a cent · sorry-ass · slabby · invaluable · no good / no-good · chaffy · wack · scabbed · worth nothing · ordinary · good-for-nothing · not worth a cress · cullionly · lousy · atrocious · rubbishly · mucal · viscous · not worth salt · unvaluable · bad · naughty · dogshit · duffing · shitey · draffish · not worth a brass farthing · treacly · sixth-rate · chronic · intolerable · pathetic · horrendous · rotten · dire