Meaning of MELLIFLUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | mi'liflûus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, melodic, melodious, musical, sweet |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mel*lif"lu*ous\, a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis,
honey (akin to Gr. ?, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See
{Mildew}, {Fluent}, and cf. {Marmalade}.]
Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly;
as, a mellifluous voice. -- {Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | accordant, achingly sweet, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso, bittersweet, blissful, candied, canorous, cantabile, catchy, cheerful, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable, dulcet, en rapport, enjoyable, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned, genial, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, honeysweet, likable, liquid, melic, melliferous, mellifluent, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, musical, music-flowing, music-like, nectareous, nectarous, nice, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, pleasure-giving, rewarding, rich, sacchariferous, satisfying, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sour-sweet, sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet, sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweetened, sweet-flowing, sweetish, sweet-sounding, syrupy, tunable, tuneful, welcome |
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