Dulse

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÊŒls/

Alternative forms

• dillisk
• dilsk

Origin

From Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.

Full definition of dulse

Noun

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
• 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 151:Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’
• 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 90: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.

Anagrams

• duels
• ludes
• slued