muscilage
Middle English
Alternative forms
- muscillage, muscylage, musselage, mussillage, mustelage
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mucilage, from Late Latin mūcilāgō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmusiˈlaːdʒ(ə)/, /ˌmiu̯siˈlaːdʒ(ə)/
Noun
muscilage (plural muscilages)
- mucilage
- (rare) mucus
Descendants
- English: mucilage
References
- “mūscilāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.