muscadin

[muhs-kuh-din; Fr. my-skah-dan]

mus·ca·din

[muhs-kuh-din; Fr. my-skah-dan]
noun, plural mus·ca·dins [-dins; Fr. -dan] .
1.
a person with monarchical sympathies during the French revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
2.
a French fop or dandy of this period.

Origin:
1785–95; < French: dandy, fop, literally, lozenge containing musk (used by such dandies) < Italian moscardino, derivative (with -ardino; see -ard, -in1) of moscado, moscato, equivalent to mosc- (< Late Latin; see musk) + -ato -ate1
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Muscadin is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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