extramusical

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adjective

Apart from and in addition to music

OriginEnglish musical ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveextramusical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableApart from and in addition to music

    Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience.

    1988 February 19, Chris Morris, “Marianne Faithful--Strange Weather”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Englishextra-
  7. Englishmusical
  8. Englishextramusical

From extra- + musical.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

emasculatrix
Cite this entry
APA

extramusical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramusical

MLA

“extramusical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramusical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extramusical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramusical.

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