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adjective

Musical adj. Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.

Musical box, or Music box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.

Musical fish (Zool.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.

Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.

noun

Musical n.

Music. (Obs.) "To fetch home May with their musical."

A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party. (Colloq.)

A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.

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Etymology of 'Musical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Musical" Quotes from Famous Books

... city—for the step was by no means the result of his own independent and unaided enterprise. Such matters were not done in that way in the good old times in the smaller cities of Italy. The matter had been much debated among the leading patrons of the musical drama in the little town. The chances of success had been canvassed. The financial question had been considered. Certain sacrifices had been determined on. And it had been settled what terms the impresario should be empowered ...

— A Siren • Thomas Adolphus Trollope

... presently, made by a black-haired Brother who sat in the corner by the piano and bore a marked resemblance to Bruder Schliemann, the musical director of thirty years ago. Harris exchanged bows with him when he took the cup from his white hands, which he noticed were like the hands of a woman. He lit a cigar, offered to him by his neighbour, with whom he was chatting delightfully, and who, in the glare of the lighted match, reminded him ...

— Three More John Silence Stories • Algernon Blackwood

... heard, somewhere in the air about us, an extraordinarily musical hum-like a bee, but not just one note. This hum rose and fell, up and down—almost ...

— The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting

... been ill, but I have suffered horribly in many ways," answered Alexander, in his smooth, musical voice. ...

— Paul Patoff • F. Marion Crawford

... little corpulent, as it was fitting, wearing a gold pince-nez instead of old-fashioned spectacles, active, gallant, and joyous, he passed in Vernon for an artist. He thrummed on the piano and played on the violin, and gave musical evenings where interpretations were given ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. • Guy de Maupassant

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