civet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).

Then, said Pantagruel, St. Alipantin, what civet? — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
He is called the Bassaris, the Civet Cat, Ring-tailed Cat, Coon Cat and Cacomixtle. — The Burgess Animal Book for Children, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
Eating your groatsworth of mou en civet, fleshpots of Egypt, elbowed by belching cabmen. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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