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musth

noun
SayMUST/mʌst/

1 meaning of musth

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    noununcountablebefore a noun
    A yearly time when a male elephant or camel becomes more aggressive and ready to mate.

    Like a stormy time that comes once a year and then passes.

    The zookeepers stayed back because the big bull was in musth.

    During musth, the elephant would not let anyone near him.

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Origin

It comes from the Urdu word mast, meaning "drunk" or "lustful," which came from Persian.