musk cat
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- muskat [17th c.]
Noun edit
- (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 […]
- (obsolete, derogatory) A scented effeminate dandy.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.