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idyll (iou) and Mucedin (medicine)


idyll (iou)



idyll noun. Also idyl, in Latin form (earlier) idyllium, pl. -ia. L16.
[Latin idyllium, from Greek eidullion dim. of eidos form, picture.]
A short description in verse or (freq. more fully prose idyll) in prose of a picturesque scene or incident, esp. in rustic life. L16.
An episode suitable for treatment in such verse or prose, esp. a love-story. M19.
L. Strachey If the..elements of an idyll are happiness, love and simplicity, an idyll it was.
Music. An instrumental composition on a pastoral or sentimental subject. L19.
i'dyllian adjective (rare) idyllic E18.
i'dyllic adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling an idyll; making a suitable subject for an idyll: M19.
i'dyllically adverb L19.
idyllist noun a writer of idylls L18.
idyllize verb trans. make into an idyll L19.

Mucedin (medicine)


mucedin
<botany> A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc, and resembling gluten; formerly

Synonym: mucin.

Origin: From Mucus.

Source: Websters Dictionary