单词 | unmuse-like |
释义 | unmuse-likeadj. Somewhat rare. Not muse-like. ΚΠ 1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 88 An unmuse-like Poem. 1781 T. Francklin in tr. Lucian Wks. (new ed.) IV. 83 Evangelus..sung something..harsh and unmuse-like. [Note] Unmuse-like.] Gr. απομουσον τι, The English word I have adopted, is, I believe, used by Lord Shaftesbury. 1919 J. H. H. Lyon Study Newe Metamorph. i. 52 The Muses, on the other hand, in a most unmuse-like fashion, prattle unconventionally of inventions and civilization. 1968 Liberation News Service 12 Feb. Lately, she has been pasting-on-labels, a most unMuselike task. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1754 |
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