Definition of Muskiness

1. Noun. Having the olfactory properties of musk.

Generic synonyms: Aroma, Odor, Odour, Olfactory Property, Scent, Smell

Definition of Muskiness

1. n. The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.

Definition of Muskiness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being musky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muskiness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Muskiness

musket ball
musketeer
musketeers
musketoon
musketoons
musketries
musketry
muskets
muskie
muskier
muskies
muskiest
muskily
muskimoot
muskimoots
muskiness
muskinesses
musking
muskit
muskits
muskle
muskles
muskmelon
muskmelons
muskogees
muskone
muskones
muskox
muskoxen
muskoxite

Literary usage of Muskiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"Yet the slightest reflection must suffice to convince any one possessed of sound reasoning faculties, that it is as absurd to suppose that muskiness is a ..."

2. Select Works of Thomas H. Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley (1886)
"The pure sensation of muskiness is almost sure to be followed by a ... In other words, there arises a belief in an external cause of the muskiness, which, ..."

3. Science and Culture, and Other Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley (1890)
"In' other words, there arises a belief in an external cause of the muskiness, which, in common language, is termed an odorous body. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1882)
"The pure sensation of muskiness is almost sure to be fol by a mental state which ... In other words, there arises a belief in an ex! cause of the muskiness, ..."

5. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1874)
"Mr. Huxley apparently forgets that " blueness " and " muskiness " are abstract thoughts. No single sensation can give such thoughts. ..."

6. Lectures on the Psychology of Thought and Action: Comparative and Human by William Dexter Wilson (1880)
"... sensation called muskiness ; but we say that " the plant has a musky smell and we speak of the odor as a " quality or property inherent in the plant. ..."

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