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lustmoce

Pronunciation: /ˈlustˌmo.ke/

“lustmoce” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)

Etymology

Uncertain. Apparently from *lust + *moce. The first element may be lust (“pleasure”) or may refer to a different unknown term. The second element is probably related to *moc (“dung, muck”) (found in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”)), distantly related to Old Norse myki (“manure, dung”), whence Middle English muk, mok (“dung, filth”), English muck.

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