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immusical, a. Now rare.|ɪˈmjuːzɪkəl, ɪmm-|
[f. im-2 + musical.]
Not musical or harmonious; unmusical.
1626Bacon Sylva §101 All Sounds are either Musicall Sounds..which Sounds are euer Equall; As Singing..Or Immusicall Sounds; which are euer Vnequall; Such as are the Voice in Speaking, all Whisperings,..all Percussions. 1679Refined Courtier 13/1 We ought industriously to refrain from singing, especially if the voice be immusical. 1706A. Bedford Temple Mus. ii. 34 What our..Writers fancy of their..Scales, is known to be utterly Immusical. 1890Standard 26 Mar. 3/8 They were not an immusical nation.
Hence iˈmmusically adv., unmusically.
1694S. S. Loyal & Impart. Satirist Ded. A iij, Ingenious Whimseys, which sound but immusically to a Judicious Ear. |