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Synonyms for nutmegs

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nuht-meg
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌt mɛg

Définition of nutmegs

Origin :
  • "hard aromatic seed of the East Indies," c.1300, from Old North French or Anglo-French *noiz mugue, from Old French nois muguete, unexplained alteration of nois muscade "nut smelling like musk," from nois "nut" (from Latin nux) + Latin muscada, fem. of muscat "musky" (see muscat). Probably influenced in English by Medieval Latin nux maga (cf. unaltered Dutch muskaatnoot, German muscatnuß, Swedish muskotnöt).
  • American English colloquial wooden nutmeg "anything false or fraudulent" is from 1830. Connecticut is called the Nutmeg State "in allusion to the story that wooden nutmegs are there manufactured for exportation." [John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1859]
  • As in melon : noun fruit
Example sentences :
  • I showed them nutmegs, and by their signs I guessed they had some on the island.
  • Extract from : « Early Australian Voyages » by John Pinkerton
  • The shell is then broken, and the nutmegs are sorted and packed in casks for shipment.
  • Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • It receives its name from the resemblance of its seeds to nutmegs.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • As for nutmegs and mace, it is plain that the Latin names for them are modern.
  • Extract from : « Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals » by John Dryden
  • "There's no such person as 'Nutmegs,'" answered the girl tartly.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • The nutmegs are only used by the natives as a paste to dye their arrows.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros » by Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
  • Next to these rank the Dutch or Batavian kind, and after these the Singapore nutmegs.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • The dress of the Duchess of D—— was studded with diamonds as large as nutmegs.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Entertaining » by M. E. W. Sherwood
  • Collected from the surface of the water in the still, after the distillation of the essential oil of nutmegs.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • However, after a year, I found that the nutmegs from the Franklin had become soft.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod » by Henry D. Thoreau

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