Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Muse of lyric poetry and mime.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Gr. mythology, one of the Muses.
- noun [NL.] In zoology, a genus of cowries, of the family Cypræidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The
Muse of lyric poetry, particularly oflove anderoticism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Looking at SocialMention see below, I see that as of October 20 the word "Erato" suddenly blows up, and its connotation of "Swedish singers" blows away all others, such as "classical record label".
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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Looking at SocialMention see below, I see that as of October 20 the word "Erato" suddenly blows up, and its connotation of "Swedish singers" blows away all others, such as "classical record label".
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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Released on the classical label Erato, Giordano mixes arias with contemporary songs such as the Ennio Morricone / Roger Waters "Lost Boys Calling" from the 1999 Golden Globe-winning movie The Legend of 1900.
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Here's Social Mention's report on a search for "Erato" including my enthusiastic tweet:
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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The singers, Amanda Wikström, Petra Brohäll and Ebba Lovisa, recorded the video to share on Facebook with the other members of Erato.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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Erato got trapped in a sandpit and was gradually buried, never to be heard from again.
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Do not promote it, share it the Erato members told The Local they didn't know how to post to YouTube, just Facebook.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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Do not promote it, share it the Erato members told The Local they didn't know how to post to YouTube, just Facebook.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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The singers, Amanda Wikström, Petra Brohäll and Ebba Lovisa, recorded the video to share on Facebook with the other members of Erato.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
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Here's Social Mention's report on a search for "Erato" including my enthusiastic tweet:
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend" Spencer Critchley 2011
bilby commented on the word Erato
Not to be confused with Errato, Muse of being in love with the wrong person.
December 16, 2015