muscardin
English
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editEtymology
editFrom French muscadin (“a musk-scented lozenge”), from muscade (“nutmeg”), from Latin muscus (“musk”), so called from its odour. See muscadel.
Noun
editmuscardin (plural muscardins)
References
edit- “muscardin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
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Noun
editmuscardin m (plural muscardins)
Further reading
edit- “muscardin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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