dulse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/dʌls/(UK)

Definition of dulse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
    “Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’”
    “They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.

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