moschate

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adjective

Exuding a musk-like odour.

OriginLatin moschātus →
First used 1826Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivemoschate (comparative more moschate, superlative most moschate)

comparative more moschate · superlative most moschate

  1. rarebiologyExuding a musk-like odour.First known use 1826

    Her familiar perfume and moschate odor was overwhelming within the confines of the car, especially with the windows rolled up. Hoke started the engine and switched on the air conditioning.

    1985, Charles Willeford, New Hope for the Dead, Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, Chapter Eleven, page unnumbered page

Origin

  1. Latinmoschātus
  2. Englishmoschate

Borrowed from Latin moschātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

moschate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschate

MLA

“moschate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moschate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschate.

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