musicals

noun

a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

adjective

containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music

talented in or devoted to music

characterized by or capable of producing music

Roots

mousamus- · Greek · the Muses

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Where does musicals come from?

The word musicals breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root mus-, from Greek mousa (“the Muses”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.