mulse

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noun

Wine or water boiled and mixed with honey.

OriginLatin mulsum →
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Meanings

nounmulse (uncountable)
  1. archaichistoricaluncountableWine or water boiled and mixed with honey.

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

    1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The Dawn in Britain, page 135

Origin

  1. Latinmulsum
  2. Englishmulse

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

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Cite this entry
APA

mulse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mulse

MLA

“mulse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mulse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mulse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mulse.

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