Amusia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The inability to comprehend or respond to music. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Late Latin amusia, from Ancient Greek ἀμουσία (amousía, “without harmony”), from ἄμουσος (ámousos, “without song”). The Muses were nine daughters of Zeus and the goddesses of arts and sciences.

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