different between muser vs muset

English

Etymology

From Middle English musere, equivalent to muse +? -er.

Noun

muser (plural musers)

1. One who muses.

Anagrams

• Esrum, Mure?, Remus, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, resum, semur, serum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ze/

Verb

muser

1. (intransitive) to wander about, usually aimlessly

   Synonyms: errer, flâner

Conjugation

Further reading

• “muser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• meurs, mures, mûres, sérum, Sumer

Old French

Alternative forms

• amuser

Verb

muser

1. to ponder; to think about
2. to stare at in amazement
3. to loiter; waste time

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: amuser
  • French: amuser
  • ? Middle English: amusen
    • English: amuse
• Middle French: muser
  • French: muser
  • Italian: musare
• Norman: amuser, amûther
• Picard: amuseu, museu (Athois)
• Walloon: amûzer (Charleroi, Liégeois), amusè (Forrières)
• ? Middle Dutch: musen
  • Dutch: muizen
  • West Flemish: musen
• ? Middle English: musen, moysen, mousen
  • English: muse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (muser)
• muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).

Noun

muset (plural musets)

1. A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 679-684:

     And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,

     Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles

     How he outruns the wind and with what care

     He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:

     The many musets through the which he goes

     Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.

Anagrams

• muste, mutes, sumet, u-stem

Czech

Alternative forms

• musit

Etymology

Perhaps from Old High German muozan (German müssen). Cognate with Polish musie?, Ukrainian ?????? (musyty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mus?t/

Verb

muset impf

1. must

Conjugation

See also

• moci
• sm?t