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mulse

mulse noun: wine or water boiled and mixed with honey.

Noun

mulse (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, historical) Wine 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 of mulse

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

Questions about mulse

What does mulse mean?
Mulse means wine or water boiled and mixed with honey.
What part of speech is mulse?
Mulse is a noun.

Words near mulse in the dictionary

  1. Mulrooney
  2. Mulrooneys
  3. Mulroy
  4. Mulroys
  5. Mulry
  6. mulse
  7. mulsh
  8. mulshed
  9. mulshes
  10. mulshing
  11. mult

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