Melodist scorns idle majority (4)

I believe the answer is:

most

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'majority' is the definition.
(most of a group)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for most that I've seen before include "In the highest degree" , "Extremely, very" , "Almost all" , "Kind of commercial pact where two countries agree to treat each other as well as any other" , "Greatest in amount or degree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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