dulse

• dilisk, dillisk, dilsk, dulce

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /dʌls/

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• Rhymes: -ʌls

dulse (usually uncountable, plural dulses)

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
   • 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 151:

     Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 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.

• Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• duels, leuds, ludes, slued

Borrowed from Spanish dulce.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdulse/ [ˈd̪ul̪.se]
• Hyphenation: dul‧se

dúlse (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. candy, sweets

   Synonym: kendi

2. dessert

   Synonym: postre

Borrowed from Spanish dulce.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdulse/ [ˈd̪ul̪.s̪e]
• Hyphenation: dul‧se

dúlse (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. (dated) candy, sweets

   Synonyms: kendi, karmelitos

From Latin dulcis (compare Spanish dulce).

dulse

1. sweet, sugary

dulse m

1. sweet preserves