musth
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musth
- /mʌst/ US, UK
Sounds like mussed, must · Rhymes with -ʌst
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi मस्त (mast) / Urdu مَسْت (mast, “drunk, intoxicated; lustful”); and also from Middle Hindi مَسْت (mst /mast/)), and from its etymon Classical Persian مَسْت (mast, “(adjective) drunk, intoxicated; (literary) in rut; of an elephant: in musth; (noun) drunkard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; to become wet”).
noun musths · must
- Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone. The Taroos, or elephant catchers, having marked down a wild herd of 300 or 400 elephants, the following preparations are made. About 200 Taroos collect together, mounted upon elephants, and accompanied by two large "taking elephants," highly fed, and kept always musth, (sensual) and when in that sta
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Talk about this word "musth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/musth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. musth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/musth "musth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/musth.Cite this
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title = {musth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musth},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
