English Explanatory Dictionary

muscifuge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something which repels or kills flies, typically a plant; a fly repellent. Also spelled "muscafuge" (1844) by Henry Stephens, who claimed to have coined it.

Word forms

muscifuge

Etymology

From Latin musca (“fly”) + -fuge (“repellent”), compare medieval Latin muscifugium, a fly fan.

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