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extramusical en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English musical English extramusical From extra- + musical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Apart from and in addition to music
    • Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience. 1988 February 19, Chris Morris, “Marianne Faithful--Strange Weather”, in Chicago Reader: