Definition of ---------Muse, doesn't anyone have a clue?

Answer 1

i thought it was his grandpa that said "that boy aint right", probably both... funny you ask, i was just recently commenting on my definition of "muse" to a friend. all things i consider musing are amusing and all thing amusing are musing... so its the same definition,, its inspiration of all things "me" pointed out as i notice. i try to keep my musing from only the "positive" amusment, though that can appear dark from time to time. no worries, its only perspective.

Answer 2

DarkMoon and lbcaligirrl are on the right track.

In Greek mythology, there are 9 Muses, spirits that inspire with their energy and presence. The Muses are around us watching us and perhaps trying to inspire us while we are working on any sort of art (and for an artist, throughout our lives).

They talk to each other, too. We can overhear them. But we don't understand their language, so instead of knowing what they say, we hear MUSIC (then, as now, muse-ik, the language of the Muses!).

Here are the 9 Muses:
Calliope (beautiful-voiced) Muse of eloquence and epic poetry
Clio (fame or glory) Muse of history
Euterpe (charm) Muse of music and lyric poetry
Melpomene (to sing) Muse of tragedy
Terpsichore (delighting in the dance) Muse of dancing
Erato Muse of erotic lyric poetry
Polyhmnia (many hymns) Muse of sacred poetry
Urania (the heavenly one) Muse of astronomy
Thalia (to flourish, bloom) Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry

Note that Melpomene, tragedy, is ALSO A MUSE and source of inspiration -- compare this with our vapid, crazy fear of being depressed or getting caught in a melancholy mood in today's culture!

There are also Three Graces: (the three sister goddesses who had control over pleasure, charm, and beauty in human life and in nature):

Aglaia (Brilliance – literally brightness)
Euphrosne (Joy, full of cheer)
Thalia (Bloom) [see above, one of the nine Muses]

Notice that Thalia is both a Muse and a Grace.

The Muses will also protect your soul if you know how to conjure them about you -- part of the seminar written about in the newspaper article below-- enough said.

Answer 3

Muse? The Muses were semi-goddesses in ancient Greece, particularly 9, and they were the protectors of the arts.

Answer 4

A muse is someone who inspires someone else.

Answer 5

muse Audio pronunciation of "muse" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (myz)
v. mused, mus·ing, mus·es
v. intr.
To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation.
v. tr.
To consider or say thoughtfully: mused that it might take longer to drive than walk.
n. A state of meditation.


[Middle English musen, from Old French muser(possibly from mus, snout, from Medieval Latin msum), and or of Germanic origin.]muser n.

Muse Audio pronunciation of "muse" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (myz)
n. 1. Greek Mythology. Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.
2. muse
1. A guiding spirit.
2. A source of inspiration.
3. muse A poet.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa. See men-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

Word History: The Muse has inspired English poetry since Chaucer invoked her in 1374. Muse comes from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa. There are Greek dialect forms msa and moisa, and all three come from an original *montya. As to the further origins of this form, a clue is provided by the name of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses. Her name is the Greek noun mnmosun “memory,” which comes from *mn-, an extended form of the Greek and Indo-European root *men-, “to think.” This is the root from which we derive amnesia (from Greek), mental (from Latin), and mind (from Germanic). The reconstructed form *montya that is the ancestor of Greek Mousa could then mean something like “having mental power.”

muse

n 1: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science [syn: Muse] 2: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" v : reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]

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Zip code(s): 74949

Answer 6

Muse....an imaginary characterization of inspiration.

Answer 7

A muse is a guided spirit or a source of Inspiration. Like for an artist, they have to have a mus or they wouldn't be able to paint all those pretty pieces of artwork that we see in museums. Thanks and please pick me!!!!

Answer 8

Muse... hmmm... someone who inspires another persons' creativity?

Answer 9

yeah, i know what it means, but i'm not sure that means i have a clue. like my aunt used to say, "that boy ain't right."

Answer 10

some one who inspires someone else to do something