musingn.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjuzɪŋ/

Forms: see muse v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muse v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < muse v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. Thoughtful abstraction; the act of meditating or pondering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun]

thoughta1387

consideration1388

contemplationc1390

meditationa1393

musinga1393

speculationa1450

studier1472

musea1500

recollection1576

contemplature1580

rumination1585

contemplating1587

amuse1606

meditating1609

theory1611

meditancea1625

amusement1694

cogitabundation1729

cogibundity1734

cogitabundity1744

think1834

recueillement1845

thunk1922

noodling1942

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 126 (MED) With musinge of min oghne thoght..So drunke I am, that mi wit faileth.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 491 (MED) Generydes stode still in grete musyng.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 87 True it is, that much musing, to some dooth good, and to some harme.

a1603 Queen Elizabeth in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth I. 10 I plucke up the goodlisome herbs of sentences by pruning, eate them by reading, chawe them by musing.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 246 The sound Of Bees industrious murmur oft invites To studious musing .

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 After I had entertain'd these Notions, and by long musing, had as it were resolved them all into nothing.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 128 His auditors continued in a kind of respectful musing.

1830 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 229 Is not this the meaning of musing—namely, thinking about something or other, we cannot tell what?

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde i. 10 ‘Even that, you know, is far from explaining all,’ he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. vi. 48 Starting from her musing she gave meaning to words which she had held meaningless in her mind for a long stretch of time.

1991 Amer. Square Dance Nov. 7/1 I did some more amusing musing about my cruising and even dug through some old files to document the early days.

b. As a count noun: a spell of thoughtfulness or reflection; a meditation; (also) a written reflection, thought, idea, etc. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of

thinkingsa1225

meditationa1393

contemplationa1400

musing?a1430

reverie1477

musea1500

rumination1622

walking meditation1756

reckon1902

?a1430 T. Hoccleve Balade to Virgin & Christ l. 2 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 67 I walkid in the monthe of May Besyde a groue in an heuy musynge.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 530/2 I dumpe, I fall In a dumpe or musyng upon thynges, je me amuse.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) P4 What musings and mazinges there were in the Church,..I will not recite.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 242 I see the House in a great musing.

1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist (1668) Pref. 6 Love to God..strongly conglutinates all the musings of the soul.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶1 In the midst of these my Musings she desired me to reach her a little Salt upon the Point of my Knife.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Frost at Midnight in Fears in Solitude 19 That solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that at my side My cradled infant slumbers peacefully.

1861 D. Greenwell Poems 171 Fed With golden musings by our friend that read From out thy chosen Poet.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xx. 272 He..gave himself up to dull and arid musings.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 794/2 The likelihood of encountering such arresting phrases is an added incentive for browsing through these very personal musings of a psychoanalytically oriented sociologist.

1998 N.Y. Mag. 2 Feb. 33/3 She can also seem out of touch, including dreamy musings on a nuclear freeze and on peace-keeping in her 1984 stump speech.

†2. Complaining, complaint. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining

yomeringc1000

grutching?c1225

plainingc1300

complaintc1384

murmurc1385

murmurationc1390

groiningc1405

grudgingc1420

musinga1425

querimonyc1450

storming1461

mutteringc1475

grudge1477

grunching1487

murmuringc1530

muting1542

repining1550

orpingc1598

maundering1611

oggannition1625

jowering1628

remonstrating1647

regrudginga1677

complaining1702

pesting1705

yammering1705

growling1752

pine1804

gruntling1834

bitching1939

griping1945

pissing1947

bitch1975

kitchen-sinking1975

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) Deeds xxviii. 29 Jewis wenten out fro hym, and hadden myche questioun, eithir musyng [a1382 E.V. seking], among hem silf.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Ȝour mvsing waild perse ane harte of stane.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

musingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjuzɪŋ/

Forms: see muse v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muse v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < muse v. + -ing suffix².The verb is not attested in sense ‘to cause to ponder’ (corresponding to sense 1), but for a similar, if later, causative formation compare muse v. 3f.

†1. Troubling, worrisome. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]

thoughtfulc1175

contemplative1340

considerativec1449

musing1449

studient1532

pondering1566

contemplatory1576

speculative1578

considerate1581

reflective1581

theorical1594

theoric?1600

theoretical1608

meditative1611

thoughtsome1627

reflexive1630

reflecting1632

revolutive1637

cogitativea1639

thoughtive1654

lucubratory1656

thinkful1668

theoretic1701

ruminatinga1704

reflectious1715

ruminative1774

thinking1799

meditative1831

ruminant1849

meditational1864

penseful1865

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 367 But nowe let alle this musyng matere pase.

2. Given to or characterized by meditation; contemplative, thoughtful, dreamy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] > engaged in contemplation, musing

pensivec1400

contemplantc1429

musing1530

contemplating1602

reflexing1606

wrappeda1616

musefula1618

cogitabundous1627

meditant1631

meditating1645

cogitabund1649

meditabund1681

speculating1787

thoughtful-looking1827

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/1 Musyng felowe, musart.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 89 Crewall fortone..tuik delyt this chiftan till iniuir, this musing mynd mischieving mair and mair.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 38 Com, but keep thy wonted state, With eev'n step, and musing gate.

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon iii. ii. 56 I being—one day in a musing Melancholy, walking by the Sea-side.

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 9 Oft in her Glass the musing Shepherd spies The headlong Mountains and the downward Skies.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 285 My Master took two or three Turns about the Room, musing and thoughtful, as I had never before seen him.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 179 The musing pilgrim.

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xv. 230 Duncan had stood in a musing attitude, contemplating the scene a few minutes.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. ii. 24 ‘She's a clever woman,’ observed Slivers, at length, in a musing sort of tone.

1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold xiv. 226 ‘Do you tell me so?’ said he in a musing voice; ‘that's a queer miracle altogether.’

1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets iii. v. 112 She drifted across to the table, a musing angel in work shirt and torero breeches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musing
释义	musingn. Brit. /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjuzɪŋ/ Forms: see muse v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muse v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < muse v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. Thoughtful abstraction; the act of meditating or pondering. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] thoughta1387 consideration1388 contemplationc1390 meditationa1393 musinga1393 speculationa1450 studier1472 musea1500 recollection1576 contemplature1580 rumination1585 contemplating1587 amuse1606 meditating1609 theory1611 meditancea1625 amusement1694 cogitabundation1729 cogibundity1734 cogitabundity1744 think1834 recueillement1845 thunk1922 noodling1942 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 126 (MED) With musinge of min oghne thoght..So drunke I am, that mi wit faileth. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 491 (MED) Generydes stode still in grete musyng. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 87 True it is, that much musing, to some dooth good, and to some harme. a1603 Queen Elizabeth in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth I. 10 I plucke up the goodlisome herbs of sentences by pruning, eate them by reading, chawe them by musing. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 246 The sound Of Bees industrious murmur oft invites To studious musing . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 After I had entertain'd these Notions, and by long musing, had as it were resolved them all into nothing. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 128 His auditors continued in a kind of respectful musing. 1830 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 229 Is not this the meaning of musing—namely, thinking about something or other, we cannot tell what? 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde i. 10 ‘Even that, you know, is far from explaining all,’ he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. vi. 48 Starting from her musing she gave meaning to words which she had held meaningless in her mind for a long stretch of time. 1991 Amer. Square Dance Nov. 7/1 I did some more amusing musing about my cruising and even dug through some old files to document the early days. b. As a count noun: a spell of thoughtfulness or reflection; a meditation; (also) a written reflection, thought, idea, etc. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of thinkingsa1225 meditationa1393 contemplationa1400 musing?a1430 reverie1477 musea1500 rumination1622 walking meditation1756 reckon1902 ?a1430 T. Hoccleve Balade to Virgin & Christ l. 2 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 67 I walkid in the monthe of May Besyde a groue in an heuy musynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 530/2 I dumpe, I fall In a dumpe or musyng upon thynges, je me amuse. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) P4 What musings and mazinges there were in the Church,..I will not recite. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 242 I see the House in a great musing. 1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist (1668) Pref. 6 Love to God..strongly conglutinates all the musings of the soul. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶1 In the midst of these my Musings she desired me to reach her a little Salt upon the Point of my Knife. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Frost at Midnight in Fears in Solitude 19 That solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that at my side My cradled infant slumbers peacefully. 1861 D. Greenwell Poems 171 Fed With golden musings by our friend that read From out thy chosen Poet. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xx. 272 He..gave himself up to dull and arid musings. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 794/2 The likelihood of encountering such arresting phrases is an added incentive for browsing through these very personal musings of a psychoanalytically oriented sociologist. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 2 Feb. 33/3 She can also seem out of touch, including dreamy musings on a nuclear freeze and on peace-keeping in her 1984 stump speech. †2. Complaining, complaint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining yomeringc1000 grutching?c1225 plainingc1300 complaintc1384 murmurc1385 murmurationc1390 groiningc1405 grudgingc1420 musinga1425 querimonyc1450 storming1461 mutteringc1475 grudge1477 grunching1487 murmuringc1530 muting1542 repining1550 orpingc1598 maundering1611 oggannition1625 jowering1628 remonstrating1647 regrudginga1677 complaining1702 pesting1705 yammering1705 growling1752 pine1804 gruntling1834 bitching1939 griping1945 pissing1947 bitch1975 kitchen-sinking1975 a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) Deeds xxviii. 29 Jewis wenten out fro hym, and hadden myche questioun, eithir musyng [a1382 E.V. seking], among hem silf. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Ȝour mvsing waild perse ane harte of stane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). musingadj. Brit. /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjuzɪŋ/ Forms: see muse v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muse v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < muse v. + -ing suffix².The verb is not attested in sense ‘to cause to ponder’ (corresponding to sense 1), but for a similar, if later, causative formation compare muse v. 3f. †1. Troubling, worrisome. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] thoughtfulc1175 contemplative1340 considerativec1449 musing1449 studient1532 pondering1566 contemplatory1576 speculative1578 considerate1581 reflective1581 theorical1594 theoric?1600 theoretical1608 meditative1611 thoughtsome1627 reflexive1630 reflecting1632 revolutive1637 cogitativea1639 thoughtive1654 lucubratory1656 thinkful1668 theoretic1701 ruminatinga1704 reflectious1715 ruminative1774 thinking1799 meditative1831 ruminant1849 meditational1864 penseful1865 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 367 But nowe let alle this musyng matere pase. 2. Given to or characterized by meditation; contemplative, thoughtful, dreamy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] > engaged in contemplation, musing pensivec1400 contemplantc1429 musing1530 contemplating1602 reflexing1606 wrappeda1616 musefula1618 cogitabundous1627 meditant1631 meditating1645 cogitabund1649 meditabund1681 speculating1787 thoughtful-looking1827 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/1 Musyng felowe, musart. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 89 Crewall fortone..tuik delyt this chiftan till iniuir, this musing mynd mischieving mair and mair. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 38 Com, but keep thy wonted state, With eev'n step, and musing gate. 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon iii. ii. 56 I being—one day in a musing Melancholy, walking by the Sea-side. 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 9 Oft in her Glass the musing Shepherd spies The headlong Mountains and the downward Skies. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 285 My Master took two or three Turns about the Room, musing and thoughtful, as I had never before seen him. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 179 The musing pilgrim. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xv. 230 Duncan had stood in a musing attitude, contemplating the scene a few minutes. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. ii. 24 ‘She's a clever woman,’ observed Slivers, at length, in a musing sort of tone. 1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold xiv. 226 ‘Do you tell me so?’ said he in a musing voice; ‘that's a queer miracle altogether.’ 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets iii. v. 112 She drifted across to the table, a musing angel in work shirt and torero breeches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393adj.1449
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