Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
muskiness

muskiness

1 7.7
A warm sweet smell like the scent in some perfumes
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌskɪnəs/
: aroma a almizcle
  • The old library had a muskiness that made it feel mysterious and inviting.

Examples

  • The muskiness of the forest after the rain added a unique scent to the air.

  • "He exuded a spirit of muskiness, testing the air to see if she'd respond.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • This one has a tiny bit more sweetness in it, but it has that muskiness or mysteriousness to it.

  • She loved the muskiness of the perfume, which reminded her of warm summer nights.

How Musky

muskiness
1 7.7
scent
206 1.0
scentless
1 4.1

Surface Forms

muskiness singular
muskinesses plural

Morphology

muskiness = musky (transparent) = musk + y + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'musky', making the quality of being musky explicit.

Etymology

Muskiness comes from musk, the strong scent first taken from a gland on the musk deer and long used in perfumes. So, muskiness means having that warm, animal-like 'scent' you can notice in some perfumes, wines, or old books.