Meaning of musick | Babel Free
Examples
“Harry whose tuneful and well measur’d Song / First taught our English Musick how to span”
“Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat⟳.”
“1798, Joanna Baillie, Count⟳ Basil, Act 1, Scene 2. Enter⟳ Count⟳ Basil, Officers and Soldiers in Procession, with Colours flying, and martial musick. When they have⟳ marched half way over the Stage⟳, an Officer of the Dukes enters from the opposite side, and speaks to Count⟳ Basil, upon which he gives a sign⟳ with his hand, and the martial musick ceases; soft musick is heard at a little distance, and Victoria, with a long procession of Ladies, enters from the opposite side.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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