Noun. Late Latin, alteration of Latin "prisca" (ancient) and "sillybus" (label for a book), from Greek sillybos, circa 1656.
1: a summary outline of a discourse, treatise, or course of study or of examination requirements as authored, engineered, adapted, printed, scribbled, scrawled, tattooed, formed out of Alpha-Bits®, drawn in the sand, sky-written, crayoned, embroidered on silk, or in any other way created wholly or in part by one named Priscilla.
Muse |myoōz| |mjuːz| |mjuz| noun (in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.
• ( muse) a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
The Muses are generally listed as Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flute playing and lyric poetry), Terpsichore (choral dancing and song), Erato (lyre playing and lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy and light verse), Polyhymnia (hymns, and later mime), Urania (astronomy), and Laura (Facebook, blogs, and social networking).
At last I am someone's muse. Sorta.
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(in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.
• ( muse) a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
The Muses are generally listed as Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flute playing and lyric poetry), Terpsichore (choral dancing and song), Erato (lyre playing and lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy and light verse), Polyhymnia (hymns, and later mime), Urania (astronomy), and Laura (Facebook, blogs, and social networking).