euterpean
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the mythological figure Euterpe, or to music.
name
Any of various musical, theatre, or literary societies, especially the Euterpean Society (A New York instrumentalist society and considered the oldest American musical society, active from 1799 to 1846).
Example Sentences
- "G. P. REED is well known to the patrons and professors of Music in the Euterpean city of Boston."
- "The music of England is rich in historical reminiscence, and its most accomplished rulers have been votaries to the Euterpean muse."
- "Popular melodies float gently through the summer air, and on your quay at Dumbledowndeary you have, in addition to the opportunity for improvement in the Euterpean art, the gratification of being exempted from the periodical visits of the trombone player on board;"
- "The renowned "Philharmonic Society" of the present day was evolved from the "Euterpean”."
- "He is, on the whole, not better satisfied with the work done by the “Euterpean." This society was considered as perhaps the oldest musical society in the United States."
- "Before the end of the first quarter of the 19th century there were in existence, besides the Euterpean, a Philharmonic Society and the Concordia, clubs of singers and instrumentalists, the former English in its constitution, the latter predominantly German."
Etymology
From Euterpe + -an.