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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


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As the resident orchestra the Vienna Philharmonic will also perform five concert programs, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Tugan Sokhiev, Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann and Andris Nelsons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

“With him, musically I felt at home,” Muti said.

From New York Times ● May 21, 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

Nayaraq, Ucho’s mother, came to us carrying her younger son, Muti, in her arms.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

It is not the politicians, it is not poverty, it is not muti or juju it is not anything but the sickness in our heads.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2013

They called themselves the “21st-century muti generation” and sold a mix of baboon claws, horse legs, homemade clothing and dried out black cats.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012

It was these pamphlets that first got me wondering about South African traditional healers, known as sangomas, and their alternative medicines, referred to as muti.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012

Some healers say they have given muti to Bafana players, and Mr. Collins says he spotted a sangoma at the team's hotel ahead of a recent warm-up game against Guatemala.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2010

“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

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