Musk

Definitions

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.
   countable, uncountable
2. Abbreviation of muscle-specific kinase.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. A surname.
4. A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
   countable, uncountable
5. Elon Musk (b. 1971), entrepreneur and business magnate.
6. A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
   countable, uncountable
7. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
8. The odour of musk.
   countable, uncountable
9. A musk deer (genus Moschus).
   countable, uncountable
10. A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata).
    countable, uncountable
11. A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.
    countable, uncountable
12. A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
    countable, uncountable
13. The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed.
    colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Your onely way to make⟳ a good pomander, is this. Take⟳ an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change⟳ of motherleſſe roſe water, then take⟳ the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work⟳ them into what form⟳ you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make⟳ you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.”

“An old medical record⟳ relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.”

“I was so excited I could smell⟳ my own⟳ musk.”

“Since the announcement, Musk reposted claims on his social media platform X that $20,000 of American tax dollars are spent on drag⟳ shows in Ecuador, $750,000 to operate⟳ the fire alarm at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, and $350,000 to develop⟳ AI smart toilets.”

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