Synonyms for civet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : siv-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪv ɪt

Définition of civet

Origin : 1530s, from Middle French civette (15c.), ultimately (with Italian zibetto, Medieval Latin zibethum, Medieval Greek zapetion) via lost intermediate forms from Arabic zabad "civet," said to be related to zabad "foam, froth," zubd "cream."

As in feline : noun cat

Example sentences :

But it is very improper for such folk to smear themselves with civet.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Of civet and scimitar I believe it can only be asserted that they are Eastern.
Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench

I will ask you then, for your own account, Mr. Leroux, of the arrival of the woman in the civet furs.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett

Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, says Shakspeare.
Extract from : « Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 » by Various

These cages contain also other animals of interest, such as the Civet, Poradoxure, etc.
Extract from : « The Cat » by Philip M. Rule

Pardon me, I am no seller of plasters, nor of ounces of civet.
Extract from : « Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 » by John Ruskin

The civet, on the contrary, has a mane, but no rings on the tail.
Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

In the Genet and the Civet the contraction of the pupil is as in the Cat.
Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard

You will need no words to tell you that the civet is a little cousin of the skunk.
Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle

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