MUSIC

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musik, from Anglo-French musike, from Latin ~a, from Greek mousikē any art presided over by the Muses, especially ~, from feminine of mousikos of the Muses, from Mousa Muse Date: 13th century 1. the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity, vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony, 2. an agreeable sound ; euphony , ~al quality , a ~al accompaniment , the score of a ~al composition set down on paper, a distinctive type or category of ~