Definition of Muses

1. Proper noun. (plural of Muse) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of muse) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of muse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muses

1. muse [v] - See also: muse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muses

mused
museful
museless
museographies
museography
museological
museologically
museologies
museologist
museologists
museology
museophile
museophiles
muser
musers
muses
muset
musets
musette
musette pipe
musettes
museum
museum piece
museumesque
museumgoer
museumgoers
museumgoing
museumite
museumless
museumlike

Literary usage of Muses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"THE JEWEL OF THE RWM OF THE LODGE OF THE NINE Muses THE ... SW OF THE LODGE OF THE NINE Muses _• : THE JEWEL OF THE TREASURER OF THE LODGE OF THE NINE Muses ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Apollo, Minerva, Bacchus, Mercury, and nymphs, on the summit of Parnassus, preside at the contest between the Muses (left) and the daughters of ..."

3. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"The plumes on the heads of the Muses are explained from the victory over the SIRENS, who were seldom formed as altogether human, being for the most part ..."

4. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1872)
"The Muses may be seen represented, on different monuments, ... The peculiar characteristic of the two last-named Muses was forgotten by those among the ..."

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