MUSICKED
Etymology
Adjective
musicked (comparative more musicked, superlative most musicked)
(obsolete, nonce) Spoken sweetly and attractively.
Source: Wiktionary
MUSIC
Mu"sic, n. Etym: [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr.
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.e., sounds
of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous
vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science
of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the
properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the
art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and yet
please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no other sounds. See
Tone.
2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the
score.
4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
The man that hath ni music in himself Nor is not moved with concord
of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals.
See Stridulation. Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in
finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and
slower as he recedes. Tennyson.
– Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.
– Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.
– Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a
church.
– Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced by the
accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
– Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of
composers and copyists.
– Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the
musical staff.
– Music shell (Zoöl.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell
(Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the
color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to
other shells similarly marked.
– To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity without
flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition