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)

1. mucilage
2. (rare) mucus

Descendants

• English: mucilage

References

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