musing - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muse1

▶noun

1 (Muse) (in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences.

2 a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. musa, from Gk mousa.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muse2

▶verb (often muse on) be absorbed in thought.

■ say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.

– derivatives
musing adjective,
musingly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. muser ‘meditate, waste time’.

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