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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

muti 2 British  
/ ˈmʊtɪ /

noun

  1. informal medicine, esp herbal medicine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

Among 93 members, Muti made 32 appointments and Daniel Barenboim 28, with most of the remainder by Georg Solti.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

The violinist Daniel Froschauer, the Philharmonic’s chairman, has said that today, the ensemble not so secretly has two maestros at the top of its roster: Riccardo Muti and Franz Welser-Möst.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

They kneeled over the board, and Muti threw the wooden dice and moved his colored bean with a sly smile on his face.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

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