musths

Noun

musth (countable and uncountable, plural musths)

1. (also, attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.
   • The Taroos, or elephant catchers, having marked down a wild herd of 300 or 400 elephants, the following preparations are made. About 200 Taroos collect together, mounted upon elephants, and accompanied by two large "taking elephants," highly fed, and kept always musth, (sensual) and when in that...1849 October, T. S., “Sporting Scenes in Nepaul”, in Colburn’s United Service Magazine, and Naval and Military Journal, part III, London: H. Hurst, […], →OCLC, page 340
2. (countable) An instance of this.