mellifluous |
American Heritage Dictionary (2 definitions)
- Flowing with sweetness or honey.
- Smooth and sweet: "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice” (H.W. Crocker III).
–adjective
Century Dictionary (1 definition)
- Flowing or dropping like honey; hence, sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound.
GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly.
–adjective
WordNet (1 definition)
- Pleasing to the ear.
–preposition
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Santayana's book abounds in mellifluous sneers, but arguments are conspicuous by their absence.
They would come across in mellifluous tones, reasonableness personified, portraying the other side as irrational, if not totally bonkers.
- "The thought that I can be of some use to you fills me with delight, O Mighty Mithridates," said Aristion in mellifluous tones.—The Grass Crown
Mrs. Tarbury presently called Julia, in mellifluous accents, and the girl pulled herself stiffly from the bed, and went blinking down to an improvised supper.
They went from table to table and in mellifluous accents, plus a strain of hyperbole, explained their predicament to each lady, concluding with a respectful demand for a kiss.
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/ (mə-lĭfˈlo͞o-əs)/
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American Heritage Dictionary (1)
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Middle English, from Late Latin mellifluus : Latin mel, mell-, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots + Latin -fluus, flowing; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.
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