mucous, mucose
(adjective) of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus; āmucous tissueā; āmucous glands of the intestineā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The word ācoffeeā entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch ākoffie,ā borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish ākahve,ā borrowed in turn from the Arabic āqahwah.ā The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
