mildew
noun/ˈmɪl.djuː/UK/ˈmɪl.d(j)u/US
Etymology
From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.
- inherited from *milidauw✻
- inherited from meledeaw
- inherited from myldew
Definitions
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on…
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
To taint with mildew.
- Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.
To become tainted with mildew.
- His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mildew. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA