melonious

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melonious¹

  • /mɛˈləʊni.əs/ UK
  • /mɛˈloʊni.əs/ US

Rhymes with -əʊniəs

Where it comes from

From melon + -ious, likely as a pun on melodious.

adjective more melonious · most melonious

  1. humorous Relating to melons. Besides the regular dividends the neat and interesting job of occasionally carving a surplus sandilla is performed, and the metallic chink of the resulting proceeds in the stockholder’s pocket gives forth a highly melonious sound.
  2. humorous Resembling or having the characteristics of a melon. The Missouri melon, to put it briefly, is the most melonious of melons.
  3. UK, broadly, euphemistic, humorous, of body parts Very large. Only occasionally, jacketless in her customary brown or gray silk blouse and ramrod straight in her typing chair, did she reveal superb melonious breasts cantilevered over a trim waist.
  4. UK, broadly, euphemistic, humorous, of a woman Very buxom; having large breasts. I have had several letters of complaint from the Haringey Women’s Lesbian Kalashnikov Training and Mouth Painting Centre saying that this column has been prejudiced in favour of girls with enormous breasts to the detriment of their less melonious sisters.

Similar: melonous, melony

melonious²

  • /məˈləʊni.əs/ UK
  • /məˈloʊni.əs/ US

Rhymes with -əʊniəs

Where it comes from

Likely from a misconstruction of melodious, under influence from other Latinate adjectives ending -onious; compare commonious.

adjective more melonious · most melonious

  1. humorous, nonstandard, rare Melodious. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES.—A good speech or an effective song cannot be given if the vocal organs are in an unsound condition, or affected with hoarseness or irritation. To remedy the latter, and to produce melonious enunciation, every public character, whether of the Bar, the Senate, or the Pulpit,

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@misc{melonious_2026,
  title = {melonious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melonious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}