muscimol

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/ˈmʌskɪmɒl//ˈmʌsɪmɒl/

noun

A hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.

OriginGerman Muscimol ← Latin musc(arius) →
UncommonFirst used 20th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounmuscimol (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.First known use 20th c.

    The organopsychedelic muscimole, an isoxazole-alkaloid derived from Amanita muscaria, a.k.a. the fly agaric mushroom […].

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 66

Origin

  1. Latinmusc(arius)
  2. GermanMuscimol
  3. Englishmuscimol

From German Muscimol, from Latin musc(arius) (in Amanita muscaria) + im(ine) + -ol.

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APA

muscimol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscimol

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“muscimol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscimol. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscimol,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscimol.

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