mildew

Meanings

Noun

  • A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

Verb

  • To taint with mildew.
  • To become tainted with mildew.

Origin

  • From Middle English mildewe, from Old English meledeaw, mildÄ“aw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili + *dauw. Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.

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