muse B2 Topic:People & Society US /mjuz/ UK /mjuːz/ See IPA manual Freq #13023 Meanings 1 noun A person or thing that gives an artist ideas and inspiration. The painter said his wife was his muse. 2 verb To think about something carefully and quietly. She sat by the window, musing on her plans for the future. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 verb · to think about something... meditateponder Word family Forms musedmuses Derived forms bemusemusefulmuselessmuselike Related forms amusemusermuseummusicmusing Etymology AI details From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa). *men- (think) Proto-Indo-European Muse Middle English Musa Latin Μοῦσα Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # muse **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /mjuz/ **IPA (UK):** /mjuːz/ **Frequency rank:** 13023 ## Meanings 1. A person or thing that gives an artist ideas and inspiration. 2. To think about something carefully and quietly. ## Examples - The painter said his wife was his muse. - She sat by the window, musing on her plans for the future. ## Derived Forms - bemuse - museful - museless - muselike ## Related Forms - amuse - muser - museum - music - musing ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *men- (think) - Root: Muse - Root: Musa - Root: Μοῦσα ## Etymology From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa). ## AI Etymology Muse comes from Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa). In present-day English its meanings include a person or thing that gives an artist ideas and inspiration and to think about something carefully and quietly. The historical chain runs through *men- (think) (Proto-Indo-European), Muse (Middle English), Musa (Latin), and Μοῦσα (Ancient Greek). Related and derived forms include amuse, muser, museum, and bemuse. ## Topics - People & Society markdown