musky

1. 1.

   resembling the smell of musk

   Similarfragrant

Other forms of musky

comparative or superlative

muskier

comparative or superlative

muskiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about musky

What does musky mean?

musky means "resembling the smell of musk".

How many syllables are in musky?

musky has 2 syllables: mus-ky. The stress falls on "mus". In IPA it is /ˈmʌski/.

Is musky a common word?

musky is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.