musk cat
English
Alternative forms
- muskat [17th c.]
Noun
musk cat (plural musk cats)
- (chiefly obsolete) An animal which secretes musk, such as a civet, or musk deer.
- 1633, John Donne, "The Comparison":
- As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still, / As that which from chaf'd muskats pores doth trill […]
- 1633, John Donne, "The Comparison":
- (obsolete, derogatory) A scented effeminate dandy.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.