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Where does “mulse” come from?

mulse (English) comes from Latin mulsum, from Latin mulsus, from Latin mulceo — I stroke, graze, touch lightly or gently; I...

mulse (English): Wine boiled and mixed with honey

Definitions

  1. Wine boiled and mixed with honey

Ancestry of “mulse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmulsumhoneyed wine; inflection of mulsus: ## accusative...
2Latinmulsusstroked, touched; soothed; delighted
3LatinmulceoI stroke, graze, touch lightly or gently; I...
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