† mouffetten.

Forms: 1700s moufete, 1700s moufette, 1800s mouffette.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moufette.

Etymology: < French moufette, mouffette (1765 in Buffon) < mofette , mouffette noxious gas (see mofette n.), on account of the foul smelling liquid which the animal sprays as a defence mechanism.

Zoology. Obsolete.

A skunk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mephitis (skunk)

polecat1605

skunk1634

huffer1729

skunk weasel1771

mouffette1774

stinking polecat1791

mephitic weasel1827

essence-peddler1838

zorrino1885

skunklet1888

wood-pussy1899

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 304 The Weasel kind..comprehends..all the varieties of the American Moufettes.

1791 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 3) VII. 295 (heading) The Mouffettes, or Stinking Polecats.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 673/1 The animals which he allows to be common to both countries are, the Mexican hog, the moufete, the opossum [etc.].

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 443/1 The mouffettes..are likewise a genus peculiar to the New World.

1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 42/1 A Franco-Manitoban colleague he was travelling with one day commented on the pervasive smell of a moufette (skunk).]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mouffette
释义	† mouffetten. Forms: 1700s moufete, 1700s moufette, 1800s mouffette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moufette. Etymology: < French moufette, mouffette (1765 in Buffon) < mofette , mouffette noxious gas (see mofette n.), on account of the foul smelling liquid which the animal sprays as a defence mechanism. Zoology. Obsolete. A skunk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mephitis (skunk) polecat1605 skunk1634 huffer1729 skunk weasel1771 mouffette1774 stinking polecat1791 mephitic weasel1827 essence-peddler1838 zorrino1885 skunklet1888 wood-pussy1899 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 304 The Weasel kind..comprehends..all the varieties of the American Moufettes. 1791 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 3) VII. 295 (heading) The Mouffettes, or Stinking Polecats. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 673/1 The animals which he allows to be common to both countries are, the Mexican hog, the moufete, the opossum [etc.]. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 443/1 The mouffettes..are likewise a genus peculiar to the New World. 1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 42/1 A Franco-Manitoban colleague he was travelling with one day commented on the pervasive smell of a moufette (skunk).] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1774
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