MUSKY (muskier, muskiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: muskier    , muskiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does musky mean? 

• MUSKY (adjective)
  The adjective MUSKY has 1 sense:

1. resembling the smell of musk

  Familiarity information: MUSKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSKY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling the smell of musk

Similar:

fragrant (pleasant-smelling)

Derivation:

musk (the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer)

 Context examples 

I had hardly settled in my chair before I was conscious of a thick, musky odour, subtle and nauseous.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I can only say that it seemed to be larger than a cow and had the strangest musky odor.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)