music
• noun 1 the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds in a pleasing way. 2 the sound so produced. 3 the written or printed signs representing such sound. — PHRASES music to one’s ears something very pleasant to hear or learn. — ORIGIN Old French musique, from Greek mousike tekhne ‘art of the Muses’.
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