mouth musicn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊθ mjuːzɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊθ ˌmjuzɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouth n., music n.

Etymology: < mouth n. + music n.

1. Music made with the mouth, either by singing (esp. without distinct words) or by blowing on an instrument.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > vocal music without words

vocalise1857

mouth music1861

port-a-beul1901

throat singing1916

1861 Sci. Amer. 7 Dec. 362/1 Small brass reeds upon which boys produce inharmonious mouth music by blowing through them.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Apr. 427/3 This I call true soul-melody as well as mouth-music.

1936 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry Postscript 93 A new language of purely emotive sounds (e.g. the ‘mouth-music’ of the Hebridean islanders).

1973 E. Boyd & R. Parkes Dark Number ix. 96 He gave way to a brief rendering of the mouth music of his youth.

1989 P. van der Merwe Origins Pop. Style ix. 79 The mainly Celtic tradition of ‘diddling’ or ‘mouth music’. Here..the words consist either of traditional verses jumbled together with little regard to order, or improvisations, or nonsense syllables.

†2. U.S. regional. = mouth organ n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > harmonica or mouth-organ

aeolina1829

French harp1855

mouth organ1866

mouth-harp1876

harmonica1880

harp1887

mouth music1887

moothie1936

1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 3 Sept. 3/2 The music was furnished by a kid with a mouth music.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouth music
释义	mouth musicn. Brit. /ˈmaʊθ mjuːzɪk/, U.S. /ˈmaʊθ ˌmjuzɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouth n., music n. Etymology: < mouth n. + music n. 1. Music made with the mouth, either by singing (esp. without distinct words) or by blowing on an instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > vocal music without words vocalise1857 mouth music1861 port-a-beul1901 throat singing1916 1861 Sci. Amer. 7 Dec. 362/1 Small brass reeds upon which boys produce inharmonious mouth music by blowing through them. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Apr. 427/3 This I call true soul-melody as well as mouth-music. 1936 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry Postscript 93 A new language of purely emotive sounds (e.g. the ‘mouth-music’ of the Hebridean islanders). 1973 E. Boyd & R. Parkes Dark Number ix. 96 He gave way to a brief rendering of the mouth music of his youth. 1989 P. van der Merwe Origins Pop. Style ix. 79 The mainly Celtic tradition of ‘diddling’ or ‘mouth music’. Here..the words consist either of traditional verses jumbled together with little regard to order, or improvisations, or nonsense syllables. †2. U.S. regional. = mouth organ n. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > harmonica or mouth-organ aeolina1829 French harp1855 mouth organ1866 mouth-harp1876 harmonica1880 harp1887 mouth music1887 moothie1936 1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 3 Sept. 3/2 The music was furnished by a kid with a mouth music. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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