musicke

English

Noun

musicke (countable and uncountable, plural musickes)

1. Obsolete spelling of music.
   • 1623, Richard Jobson, The golden trade, or, A discouery of the Riuer Gambra and the golden trade of the Aethiopians:

     There is no doubt, no people on the earth more naturally affected to the sound of musicke than these people.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• musycke

Etymology

From Old French musique (“mosaic”), from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Noun

musicke (plural musickes)

1. mosaic

References

• “musicke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.