Meanings
adjectivemucous (comparative more mucous, superlative most mucous)
comparative more mucous · superlative most mucous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to mucus.
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adjectiveof or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
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Origin
- Latinmūcus
- Late Latinmūcōsus
- Englishmucous
Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) + -ous = muco- + -ous.
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Bulgarian слизест
- слизест (slizest)pertaining to mucus
Finnish lima-, limainen
- lima-pertaining to mucus
- limainenhaving the qualities of mucus
French muqueux
- muqueuxpertaining to mucus
Hungarian nyálka-, nyálkás
- nyálka-pertaining to mucus
- nyálkáshaving the qualities of mucus
Irish ronnach, ronnach
- ronnachpertaining to mucus
- ronnachhaving the qualities of mucus
Polish śluzowy
- śluzowypertaining to mucus
Romanian mucos, mucos
- mucospertaining to mucus
- mucoshaving the qualities of mucus
Russian сли́зистый, сли́зистый
- сли́зистый (slízistyj)pertaining to mucus
- сли́зистый (slízistyj)having the qualities of mucus
Spanish mocoso, pituitoso
- mocosohaving the qualities of mucus
- pituitosohaving the qualities of mucus
Ukrainian слизови́й
- слизови́й (slyzovýj)pertaining to mucus
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Cite this entry
APA
mucous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucous
MLA
“mucous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucous.
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