mellifluous
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mellifluous
- /məˈlɪflu.əs/ US
- /mɛˈlɪflu.əs/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English mellifluous, mellyfluous, from Latin mellifluus (“flowing like honey”) + -ous, from mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare superfluous and fluid, from same root, and with dulcet (“sweet speech”), alternative Latinate term with a similar meaning.
adjective more mellifluous · most mellifluous
- Flowing like honey. Though in heaven the trees / Of life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines / Yield nectar; though from off the boughs each morn / VVe brush mellifluous devvs, and find the ground / Cover'd vvith pearly grain[…]
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Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).
[…] Socrates […] VVisest of men; from vvhose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that vvater'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and nevv […]
Similar: birdsweet, dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent
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adj sweet and smooth (tone, voice...)
| Español | melifluo |
|---|---|
| Português | melífluo |
| Français | mélodieux, mielleux, melliflue |
| Deutsch | honigsüß, lieblich, wohlklingend |
| Română | melifluu |
| Русский | медоточи́вый medotočívyj, сладкозву́чный sladkozvúčnyj |
| עברית | ערב arév |
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