Meaning

noun an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

noun any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

noun musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)

originFrom 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. Fully…

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