philomuse noun3 •(rare) Any society devoted to literature and the arts.This remarkable institution which had suffered materially with the death of Rhiga, was revived in Greece about the same period with the establishment of the Philomuse or literary society at Athens. — 1830 •(no longer used) A lover of the Muses or poetry.To a Philomuse from whom I received a Paper upon the same Subject and by the same Post. — 1654 •(no longer used, rare) A member of the Philomuse Society, a literary society. formsphilomuses