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Added 9 October 2026

mull

/mʌl/ verb

Latin root: mollis Wiktionary

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To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
to mull a thought or a problem
To powder; to pulverize.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.

noun

Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.

noun

A thin, soft muslin.

noun

A promontory.
the Mull of Kintyre
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, mould”), German Müll (“rubbish”), Swedish moln (“cloud”) and related to English mill (“to grind”). Alternatively, from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis (“soft”). Some verbal senses are supplied by Middle English mollen (“to soften, dissolve”), from Old French moillier, from Latin *molliāre (“to steep”), itself from mollis; compare moil.

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