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musical

adj
/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/

Etymology

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.

  1. derived from mūsica — “music”
  2. derived from mūsicālis
  3. inherited from musical

Definitions

  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

    • musical proportion
    • musical instruments

  2. Pleasing to the ear

    Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

    • She had a musical voice.

  3. Fond of music

    Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

    • having a musical ear
    • The child is musical.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take…

      Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

      • Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
      • Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend.
      • “Sounds like y'all are playing musical houses. How did you convince your mama to move to Austin?”

    2. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers…

      A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

      • It is unthinkable for a straight play to enjoy a life span like those of the blockbuster musicals or to earn such astronomical grosses.

    3. A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment

      A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

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Derived

amusical, antimusical, biomusical, dramaticomusical, dramatico-musical, electromusical, ethnomusical, extramusical, immusical, ludomusical, minimusical, multimusical, musical bow, musical box, musical chairs, musical comedy, musical ear syndrome, musical film, musical glasses, musical instrument, musical interval, musicalise, musicalization, musicalize, musicalness, musical notation, musical saw, musical sawist, musical scale, musical theater, musical theatre, musical theory, musical time, nonmusical, philomusical, premusical, pseudomusical, pyromusical, quasimusical, sociomusical · +8 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at musical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at musical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at musical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA