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music
music—A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.
/ˈmjuːzɪk/, /ˈmjuzɪk/
Origin
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.
noun
- uncountable, usuallyA series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.“I keep listening to this music because it’s a masterpiece.”“Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.”“Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.”
- figuratively, uncountable, usuallyAny interesting or pleasing sounds.““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.””“Wilson's definite genius for rapid, witty dialogue which becomes a kind of conversational music at times.”
- uncountable, usuallyAn art form, created by organizing pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and/or singing.
- uncountable, usuallyA guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
- slang, uncountable, usuallyElectronic signal jamming.
- US, dated, slang, uncountable, usuallyHeated argument.
- US, dated, slang, uncountable, usuallyFun; amusement.
verb
- transitiveTo seduce or entice with music.
adj
- rareMusical.“Again, Moſes was the firſt that brought in ſacred Muſick: thus in like manner Strabo lib. 10. 453. informes us, that the Bacchick Muſick was famous throughout Aſia; and that many muſick Inſtruments ha”“Loosened / Thy tongue shall with sweet-flowing sounds surprize / The ear of sense; another than thyself / Will be seen within to have come, and bringing / Music tones from other spheres to have made /”“So should she drape the World’s wide round, / With sunny robes, and fresh Spring weather / And consecrate the loneliest ground, / While we went wandering linked together, / Her music voice, her beamin”
name
- A surname.
Formsmusics(plural) · musick(alternative) · musicke(alternative) · musique(alternative) · musike(alternative) · musics(present, singular, third-person) · musicking(participle, present) · musicked(participle, past) · musicked(past) · more music(comparative) · most music(superlative) · Musics(plural)
Appeared In
Daily Puzzle #1747 · April 1, 2026
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