muske
See also: Muske and muške
Middle English
Alternative forms
- musca, musco, musk, musce
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmusk/, /ˈmuskə/, /ˈmuskɔ/, /ˈmuska/
Noun
muske (uncountable)
- musk (substance derived from a musk deer's glands)
- (rare) A kind of plant juice.
Descendants
- English: musk
References
- “musk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-05.