"musth" meaning in English

See musth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mʌst/, /mʌsθ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-musth.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-musth2.wav Forms: musths [plural]
Etymology: Persian مست (mast, “drunk, inebriated”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fa|مست||drunk, inebriated|tr=mast}} Persian مست (mast, “drunk, inebriated”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} musth (countable and uncountable, plural musths)
  1. A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness and often secrete leaking temporin from the sides of their heads. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Elephants Translations (Translations): mest (Azerbaijani), 狂暴期 (Chinese Mandarin), kandüh (Hungarian), മദം (madaṁ) (Malayalam), муст (must) (Russian), மதநீர் (matanīr) (Tamil), mest (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-musth-en-noun-ygfR4QE9 Disambiguation of Elephants: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 81 19
  2. An elephant in this sexual and aggressive state. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-musth-en-noun-7iaiNvZ0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: must Derived forms: musthy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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