mustard

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda. === Pronunciation === enPR: mŭsʹ-tərd, IPA(key): /ˈmʌstəɹd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈmɐ̞s.təd] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈmʌs.təd] (Northern England) IPA(key): [ˈmʊs.təd] (US) IPA(key): [ˈmʌs.tɚd] Rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)d Homophone: mustered Hyphenation: mus‧tard === Noun === mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards) A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods). Synonym: senvy (obsolete) Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard. One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C2H4Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment. Ellipsis of mustard gas. (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball). ==== Hyponyms ==== (vesicant containing 2-chloroethyl groups): mustard gas nitrogen mustard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Unami: màstël ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === mustard (not comparable) Of a dark yellow colour. (slang) Very good, or very skilled. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === must (grape juice) === See also === === References === “mustard adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === durmast, murtads == Fingallian == === Etymology === From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde. === Noun === mustard (figurative) cudgel (root of mustard) 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"): == Middle English == === Alternative forms === mostard, mostarde, mustart, mustarde, musterd === Etymology === From Old French moustarde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmustard(ə)/, /ˈmustərd(ə)/ === Noun === mustard A mustard plant; the plant where mustard seeds originate. The seeds of this plant used as a spice or flavouring. Mustard; a condiment made from mustard seeds. ==== Descendants ==== English: mustard Fingallian: mustard Scots: mustard, mustart ==== References ==== “mustard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 July 2018.