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Definition of Museful
1. a. Meditative; thoughtfully silent.
Definition of Museful
1. Adjective. Meditative; thoughtfully silent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Museful
1. pensive [adj] - See also: pensive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Museful
Literary usage of Museful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1804)
"... but my pallid cheek, my museful countenance, and some hairs which have been
silvered by an aching head, would declare that I was nearer to forty. ..."
2. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"(deep thoughts, reverie), rêverie, /. ; médi- To MUSE, ». и. méditer sur, penser,
réfléchir ; (to be absent in mind), rêver. museful, adj. rêveur, euse; ..."
3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"Then to the servile task the monarch turns His royal hands: each torch refulgent
burns With added day: meanwhile in museful mood, Absorb'd in thought, ..."
4. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"Let me give you some instances from Dryden, whom every body reckons a great master
of our poetic tongue.—Full of museful ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"There sits the sapient bard in museful mood. Ami glows impassion'd for his
country's good ! All the bright spirits of the just, combin'd. ..."
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