Definitions for civets

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civets civ·et

Spelling: [siv-it]

IPA: /ˈsɪv ɪt/

Civets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in civets (ceistv).

Definitions for civets

noun

1. a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
2. any catlike, carnivorous mammal of the subfamily Viverrinae, chiefly of southern Asia and Africa, having a coarse-haired, spotted coat, rounded ears, and a narrow muzzle.
3. any of various related or similar animals, as the palm civet.
4. cacomistle.

Origin of civets

1525-35; Middle French civette Catalan civetta ≪ Arabic zabād civet perfume; see zibet

Examples for civets

Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, says Shakspeare.

I will ask you then, for your own account, Mr. Leroux, of the arrival of the woman in the civet furs.

You will need no words to tell you that the civet is a little cousin of the skunk.

Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.

In the Genet and the civet the contraction of the pupil is as in the Cat.

Pardon me, I am no seller of plasters, nor of ounces of civet.

The civet, on the contrary, has a mane, but no rings on the tail.

Of civet and scimitar I believe it can only be asserted that they are Eastern.

These cages contain also other animals of interest, such as the civet, Poradoxure, etc.

But it is very improper for such folk to smear themselves with civet.