mulse

English

Etymology

Latin mulsum (vinum), from mulsus (“mixed with honey, honey-sweet”), past participle of mulcere (“sweeten, soften”).

Noun

mulse (uncountable)

1. (historical or archaic) Wine or water boiled and mixed with honey.
   • 1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The Dawn in Britain, page 135:

     Rome's herdfolk, […] Leaned on their elbows; drinking mulse and milk, In yewen cups, […]

References

• OED
• “mulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Lemus, Mules, mules

Latin

Participle

mulse

1. vocative masculine singular of mulsus