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    Muti
    noun
    Riccardo (rɪˈkɑːdəʊ). born 1941, Italian conductor: musical director of Philharmonia Orchestra, London (1979–82), Philadelphia Orchestra (1980–92), and La Scala, Milan (1986–2005)
  • muti
    muti
    noun
    medicine, esp herbal medicine

Muti

1 British  
/ ˈmʊtɪ /

noun

  1. Riccardo (rɪˈkɑːdəʊ). born 1941, Italian conductor: musical director of Philharmonia Orchestra, London (1979–82), Philadelphia Orchestra (1980–92), and La Scala, Milan (1986–2005)

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muti 2 British  
/ ˈmʊtɪ /

noun

  1. informal medicine, esp herbal medicine

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Etymology

Origin of muti

from Zulu umuthi tree, medicine

Example Sentences

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Riccardo Muti is this year’s conductor for one of the profession’s most prestigious gigs and one that went to Gustavo Dudamel in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

On my first day in Salzburg, I headed for an 11 a.m. concert featuring Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2024

Muti said of their concert “Aida” in Italy that summer, “She was able in the past to hold long phrases without any problem, and now going in the high register she had some difficulty.”

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Music director emeritus for life Riccardo Muti leads the CSO season-opening concert on Sept. 21 at Orchestra Hall and will take the orchestra to New York to open Carnegie Hall’s season on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

“Cholera a bad bugger. Frelimo send soldiers with muti* but too late. Muti no work good, anyway.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer