musical

/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/
adjectivenoun

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

    “musical proportion”

  2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

    “She had a musical voice.”

  3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

    “having a musical ear”

  4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

  2. A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.

MUSICAL at a glance

MUSICAL has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (M 3 + U 1 + S 1 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,892 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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