music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞oʹzĭk
ipa: /ˈmjuːzɪk/
ipa: /ˈmjuzɪk/
rhymes: -uːzɪk
Forms: form: musics
form: musick
form: musicke
form: musique
form: musike
Etymology: From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. By surface analysis, muse + -ic (“pertaining to”). In this sense, displaced native Old English drēam (“music”), whence Modern English dream.
Senses: examples: text: I keep listening to this music because it’s a masterpiece.
text: Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
ref: 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
text: Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.
ref: 2013 November 22, Ian Sample, “Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 24, page 32:
glosses: A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.
examples: text: “Oh! this was very kind,” she said, with that simplicity and tenderness, which at times made her voice pure music, “I could not have expected you so soon.”
ref: 1856, John Esten Cooke, The Virginia Comedians, page 247:
text: Wilson's definite genius for rapid, witty dialogue which becomes a kind of conversational music at times.
ref: 1978 August 19, Kevin Warren, “A Flawless Production”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 15:
glosses: Any interesting or pleasing sounds.
glosses: An art form, created by organizing pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and/or singing.
glosses: A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
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glosses: Electronic signal jamming.
glosses: Heated argument.
glosses: Fun; amusement.
Synonyms: melody
vibe
Derived terms: absolute music
abstract music
alternative music
ambient music
antimusic
art music
background music
ballet music
banku music
beautiful music
biomusic
bumper music
Caribbean dance music
Celtic music
chamber music
champagne music
chart music
chin music
chipmusic
classical music
club music
cocktail music
concrete music
country music
country-western music
coworker music
dance music
danger music
day the music died
devil in music
director of music
disco music
doujin music
drone music
electronic body music
electronic dance music
electronic music
elevator music
ethnic music
ethnomusic
eye music
face the music
fast food music
field music
fill music
folk music
found music
functional music
furniture music
gospel music
hate music
have Van Gogh's ear for music
hillbilly music
house music
incidental music
industrial music
intelligent dance music
janissary music
lift music
light music
lounge music
make beautiful music together
make music
marching music
march music
micromusic
mood music
mouth music
musicaholic
musical
musicality
musically
musicassette
musicaster
music box
music bread
music cassette
music center
music centre
music chart
Music City
music demy
musicdisk
music frog
music game
music group
music hall
music house
musician
muso
musicing
musicker
musicless
musiclike
musicmaking
musicmonger
musicness
music notation
music of the spheres
musicography
musicologic
musicologist
musicology
musicon
musicophile
music paper
music pen
music room
musicscape
music school
music shell
music shop
music stand
music-stick
musicstick
music theory
music therapy
music to someone's ears
music video
music video game
music volute
musiczine
musivisual
New Age music
nonmusic
old-time music
Original Pilipino Music
outsider music
piped music
pop music
popular music
production music
programme music
program music
punk music
race music
rap music
rock music
roots music
rough music
salon music
serial music
set to music
sewing-machine music
sheet music
snap music
soul music
studio music
techno music
theory of music
township music
trance music
trap music
what kind of music do you like
word music
world music