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Definition musk

Etymology

From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (m�skhos), from Middle Persian *mu�k; compare Persian ???‎ (mo�k). Ultimately from Sanskrit ????? (mu?ka, �testicle�), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of ???? (m??, �mouse�), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh?s (�mouse�).

Noun

musk (countable and uncountable, plural musks)

1. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
2. A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
3. A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
4. The odour of musk.
5. The musk deer (genus Moschus).
6. The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
7. A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.
8. A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
9. (slang, colloquial, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed.

Verb

musk (third-person singular simple present musks, present participle musking, simple past and past participle musked)

1. (transitive) To perfume with musk.

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