museful
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈmjuːzfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmuseful (comparative more museful, superlative most museful)
- Meditative; thoughtfully silent; ponderous.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- museful mopings
- 2022 October 24, David Bratman, “SF Symphony Has Spooky Fun With the 19th Century”, in San Francisco Classical Voice[1]:
- bringing out gentle rhythmic underpinnings and museful countermelodies
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “museful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.