Hyphenation of “mucilaginous”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for mucilaginous is mu-cilagi-nous, with 2 possible break points in this result.
US English hyphenation
mu-cilagi-nous
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result
mu-cilagin-ous
The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
What does “mucilaginous” mean?
mucilaginous: having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.
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adjective
having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.
Example: “a mucilaginous paste”
How “mucilaginous” is split
mu·cilagi·nous
For US English, the hyphenation result is mu-cilagi-nous. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns mu-cilagin-ous.
Questions about “mucilaginous”
How do you hyphenate “mucilaginous”?
In the US-English result used here, mucilaginous is hyphenated as mu-cilagi-nous.
Where can “mucilaginous” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.
What does “mucilaginous” mean?
having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.
Can you use “mucilaginous” in a sentence?
“a mucilaginous paste”