Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extramusical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-mu-si-cal
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Apart from and in addition to music

Example Sentences

"Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience."

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.

Questions

What does extramusical mean?: Apart from and in addition to music
Where does extramusical come from?: 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.

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