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mucousy

mucousy adjective: synonym of mucous.

Adjective

mucousy (comparative more mucousy, superlative most mucousy)

  1. (informal) Synonym of mucous.
    • Do all the puppies seem healthy, with no mucousy discharge from the nose, no loose stools, and no foul smell from their ears? Are their coats clean and full? Do they have plenty of energy when awake?2005, Jo Ann White, Shih tzu, page 35
    Synonyms:
    mucous
  2. (informal) Suggesting mucus; mucus-like; slimy.
    • He makes obstreperous, richly glazed ceramic vessels that suggest charred remains; totemic sculptures webbed with mucousy, macramélike drips of resin; large, dark collages dotted with constellations of tiny images of artifacts; and drawings, photographs and short videos.2008 March 21, Roberta Smith, Andro Wekua, Dan Walsh, Ken Johnson, Mark Handforth, Karen Rosenberg, George Condo, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Synonyms of mucousy

Forms of mucousy

comparativemore mucousy
superlativemost mucousy

Origin of mucousy

From mucous + -y or muc(us) + -ous + -y or muco- + -ous + -y (see note).

Questions about mucousy

What does mucousy mean?
Mucousy means synonym of mucous.
What part of speech is mucousy?
Mucousy is an adjective.

Words near mucousy in the dictionary

  1. mucous tunic
  2. mucous tunics
  3. mucousal
  4. mucously
  5. mucousness
  6. mucousy
  7. mucovidose
  8. mucoviscid
  9. mucoviscidose
  10. mucoviscidosis
  11. mucoviscosities

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