muscardin

English

Alternative forms

• muscardine

Etymology

From French muscadin (“a musk-scented lozenge”), from muscade (“nutmeg”), from Latin muscus (“musk”), so called from its odour. See muscadel.

Noun

muscardin (plural muscardins)

1. (archaic) The common European dormouse.

References

• “muscardin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

muscardin m (plural muscardins)

1. muscardin (mouse)
2. Muscardin (grape variety)

Further reading

• “muscardin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.