immusical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From im- +‎ musical.

Adjective[edit]

immusical (comparative more immusical, superlative most immusical)

  1. (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 3rd edition, London: [] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      it is not musical nor immusical: though it be true , that there can be no tone in an interior sound

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for immusical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)