# musth

Pronunciation: say "MUST" /mʌst/

## Noun

1. The yearly period during which a male animal, usually an elephant or camel, shows increased aggression and sexual activity because of high testosterone levels.
   - Simple: A yearly time when a male elephant or camel becomes more aggressive and ready to mate.
   - _The handlers chained the bull elephant during musth to protect the other animals._
   - _A camel in musth can become dangerously unpredictable around its keepers._

## Origin

Borrowed from Urdu مست (mast, "drunk, intoxicated; lustful"), from its Persian source مست (mast, meaning "drunk," and of an elephant "in musth"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ("to be wet; to become wet").

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