musk catn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌsk kat/, U.S.

/ˈməs(k) ˌkæt/

Forms: see musk n. and cat n.¹; also 1500s muscatt (Scottish), 1500s–1600s musket, 1600s muscat, 1600s muskat, 1600s muskatte.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musk n., cat n.¹

Etymology: < musk n. + cat n.¹ Compare earlier must cat n.

Now chiefly historical.

A. n.

1. An animal which secretes musk; esp. a musk deer or a civet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Moschus (musk-deer)

musk?a1500

must cat1504

musk cat1551

musk-goat1601

moschat1607

musk deer1673

water deer1815

kasturi1837

1551 C. Gesner Historiæ Animalium I. 787 Angli muske [dicunt]: & animal muske catte,..quod nomen zibethi animali potius conueniret.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fvj^v In this region are founde many muskecattes.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 550 Of the Moschatte, or Mus-kat.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. ii. 20 Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat, but not a Muscat.

a1631 J. Donne Elegy in Poems (1633) 149 As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still, As that which from chaf'd muskats [v.r. muskets] pores doth trill.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 322 The Musk Cat here also convenes and may merit a ca'tagraph.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. 21 The Musk Deer. Capreolus Moschi. Gesner reckoning up the Names, tells us, That the English call him a Musk Cat.

1794 Z. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1900) iv. 67 [Referring to Sierra Leone.] Some of the sailors were..in the act of killing a beautiful musk-cat, which they afterwards ate.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxvi. 238 Some secretly thought it would have been just as well if the musk-cats had been allowed to escape.

1871 D. Livingstone Jrnl. in Littell's Living Age (1875) 6 Mar. 623/2 None dare wear the skin of the musk-cat, Ngawa, unless he has murdered somebody.

1979 William & Mary Q. 36 598 They [sc. Negroes] were merchandise much like musk cats and monkeys.

†2. derogatory. A prostitute, a courtesan. Also: a foppish man (cf. musk-cod n. 2). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan

plover1304

pamphelet?a1513

nun?1518

courtesan1549

musk cat?1567

stallion?1578

maiden of joy1585

miniard1598

quail1609

guinea-hena1616

light horsea1627

lady of pleasure1652

lorette1865

oiran1871

?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Aviii^v Skelton dyd keepe a Musket at Dys, vpon the which he was complayned on to the Bishop of Norwych.

1586 G. Whitney Choice of Emblemes 79 Heare Lais fine, doth braue it on the stage, With muskecattes sweete, and all shee coulde desire.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eii He sleepes with a muske-cat euery night.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. B3 How dost sweete Musk-cat When shall we lie togither?

1630 N. Richards Viciovs Covrtier in Celestiall Publican sig. G3 Which speakes him to the World a March-paine Man A very mighty Muske-Cat.

1700 M. Pix Beau Defeated iv. ii. 33 Stand by, Muskcat, you see the Gentlewoman likes ye not.

a1709 R. Gould Play-house i, in Wks. (1709) II. 234 Leaving these Musk-Cats [sc. fops] to publick Shame, I'll turn my Head and seek out other Game.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iii. i Thou essence-bottle, thou musk-cat!

†B. adj. (attributive).

Smelling of musk; (derogatory) rank, offensive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad

sourc1340

sourish1398

unclean?1440

rankish1495

rank1570

penetrating?1576

quick1578

musk cat1609

acute1620

loud1641

nauseous1649

loud-flavoured1866

1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. E4^v I can smell him halfe a mile ere hee come at me, indeede hee weares a Musk-cat, what call ye it?

1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 6 Whose language is a Tax, whose Musk-cat verse Voids nought but flowers for thy Muses herse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musk cat
释义	musk catn.adj. Brit. /ˈmʌsk kat/, U.S. /ˈməs(k) ˌkæt/ Forms: see musk n. and cat n.¹; also 1500s muscatt (Scottish), 1500s–1600s musket, 1600s muscat, 1600s muskat, 1600s muskatte. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musk n., cat n.¹ Etymology: < musk n. + cat n.¹ Compare earlier must cat n. Now chiefly historical. A. n. 1. An animal which secretes musk; esp. a musk deer or a civet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Moschus (musk-deer) musk?a1500 must cat1504 musk cat1551 musk-goat1601 moschat1607 musk deer1673 water deer1815 kasturi1837 1551 C. Gesner Historiæ Animalium I. 787 Angli muske [dicunt]: & animal muske catte,..quod nomen zibethi animali potius conueniret. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fvj^v In this region are founde many muskecattes. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 550 Of the Moschatte, or Mus-kat. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. ii. 20 Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat, but not a Muscat. a1631 J. Donne Elegy in Poems (1633) 149 As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still, As that which from chaf'd muskats [v.r. muskets] pores doth trill. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 322 The Musk Cat here also convenes and may merit a ca'tagraph. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. 21 The Musk Deer. Capreolus Moschi. Gesner reckoning up the Names, tells us, That the English call him a Musk Cat. 1794 Z. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1900) iv. 67 [Referring to Sierra Leone.] Some of the sailors were..in the act of killing a beautiful musk-cat, which they afterwards ate. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxvi. 238 Some secretly thought it would have been just as well if the musk-cats had been allowed to escape. 1871 D. Livingstone Jrnl. in Littell's Living Age (1875) 6 Mar. 623/2 None dare wear the skin of the musk-cat, Ngawa, unless he has murdered somebody. 1979 William & Mary Q. 36 598 They [sc. Negroes] were merchandise much like musk cats and monkeys. †2. derogatory. A prostitute, a courtesan. Also: a foppish man (cf. musk-cod n. 2). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan plover1304 pamphelet?a1513 nun?1518 courtesan1549 musk cat?1567 stallion?1578 maiden of joy1585 miniard1598 quail1609 guinea-hena1616 light horsea1627 lady of pleasure1652 lorette1865 oiran1871 ?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Aviii^v Skelton dyd keepe a Musket at Dys, vpon the which he was complayned on to the Bishop of Norwych. 1586 G. Whitney Choice of Emblemes 79 Heare Lais fine, doth braue it on the stage, With muskecattes sweete, and all shee coulde desire. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eii He sleepes with a muske-cat euery night. View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. B3 How dost sweete Musk-cat When shall we lie togither? 1630 N. Richards Viciovs Covrtier in Celestiall Publican sig. G3 Which speakes him to the World a March-paine Man A very mighty Muske-Cat. 1700 M. Pix Beau Defeated iv. ii. 33 Stand by, Muskcat, you see the Gentlewoman likes ye not. a1709 R. Gould Play-house i, in Wks. (1709) II. 234 Leaving these Musk-Cats [sc. fops] to publick Shame, I'll turn my Head and seek out other Game. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iii. i Thou essence-bottle, thou musk-cat! †B. adj. (attributive). Smelling of musk; (derogatory) rank, offensive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad sourc1340 sourish1398 unclean?1440 rankish1495 rank1570 penetrating?1576 quick1578 musk cat1609 acute1620 loud1641 nauseous1649 loud-flavoured1866 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. E4^v I can smell him halfe a mile ere hee come at me, indeede hee weares a Musk-cat, what call ye it? 1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 6 Whose language is a Tax, whose Musk-cat verse Voids nought but flowers for thy Muses herse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1551
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