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museful

/ˈmjuːzfəl/

museful adjective: meditative; thoughtfully silent; ponderous.

Adjective

museful (comparative more museful, superlative most museful)

  1. Meditative; thoughtfully silent; ponderous.
    • museful mopings1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    • bringing out gentle rhythmic underpinnings and museful countermelodies2022 October 24, David Bratman, “SF Symphony Has Spooky Fun With the 19th Century”, in San Francisco Classical Voice

Forms of museful

comparativemore museful
superlativemost museful

Origin of museful

From muse + -ful.

Words formed from museful

Questions about museful

What does museful mean?
Museful means meditative; thoughtfully silent; ponderous.
What part of speech is museful?
Museful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce museful?
Museful is pronounced /ˈmjuːzfəl/.

Words near museful in the dictionary

  1. musealizes
  2. musealizing
  3. museally
  4. museau
  5. mused
  6. museful
  7. musefully
  8. musefulness
  9. museification
  10. museified
  11. museifies

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