Wordie: Mellifluous: Comments

Comment by yarb, 4 months ago

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:46:24 -0800

In the parlance of our times, synaesthetic much?

(Actually I find that description every bit as nauseating as the word, so... nice one!)

Comment by possibleunderscore, 4 months ago

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:11 -0800

I imagine this word to be undulating and waving gently, streaked a strange combination of light blue and light brown, surrounded by miniscule green and yellow squares.

Comment by Jubjub, 4 months ago

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:17:44 -0800

This word doesn't work. It never has. It's too ... too what? Too sweet? Too obvious? Too forced? Too tongue-tying? And the imagery it evokes is sticky, slow, and viscous-- sort of the opposite of what it wants to do.

Comment by mcgelligot, 4 months ago

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:13:07 -0800

I found a reference to mellifluous in regard to the flow of the written word at Frog Princeps it is a blog:
"The book rewards the reader with a mellifluous flow of language that will startle, intrigue and bewitch the reader."

Comment by etaoinsrdlu, about 1 year ago

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:39:45 -0800

(smellifluous: Pleasing to the nose?)

Comment by chained_bear, over 1 year ago

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:22:10 -0800

It is indeed.

I always start singing the truffula song from The Lorax. However the hell you spell truffula...

Comment by andreatheawesome, over 1 year ago

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:18:24 -0800

I always imagine the visual image of the word mellifluous to be a soft brown/chocolate wavy line, flowing genltly and quietly in/on a cream colored space.
Mellifluous is a mellifluous word.

Comment by savingrace, over 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:34:25 -0800

mellifluous- i first became familiar with this word while reading june jordan. she used it eloquently, with great image and soul. she described a biblical land overflowing with milk and honey. the word is certainly a graceful and refreshing throwback to a chimerical land laced with sweet leche y miel.

Comment by nlaroche, over 1 year ago

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:51:58 -0700

Similar in pattern, yes, I think is what I meant to imply by my question... I love the beauty of mellifluous and "picturesque" just doesn't compare. Perhaps I'm still on a hunt.

Comment by mollusque, over 1 year ago

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:32:49 -0700

Similar in pattern of derivation? Probably not. Similar in meaning, yes, but finding a word that means only "pleasing to the eye" and hasn't been broadened to include other senses (in both senses) is tough.

How about beauteous or picturesque?

Comment by vanishedone, over 1 year ago

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:43:36 -0700

Photogenic?

Comment by gangerh, over 1 year ago

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:32:21 -0700

Eye candy?

Comment by nlaroche, over 1 year ago

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:31:46 -0700

Is there a visual equivalent to this word? I'd love to know it.

Comment by chicie, over 1 year ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:09:32 -0700

honey should be included in the definition.
this is an amazing word, almost an onomatopoeia.

Comment by yarb, over 1 year ago

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:10:35 -0700

I am not as mellifluous as Sir John Betjeman.

- Peter Reading, Opinions of the Press, from Fiction, 1979

Comment by prasadkdr, almost 2 years ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:07:01 -0700

Mellifluous means pleasing to the ear

Comment by frindley, about 2 years ago

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:03:15 -0700

See also grandiloquent/grandiloquence.
Mellifluous grandiloquence is something else altogether!

Comment by chesler, about 2 years ago

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:16:09 -0800

This was a favorite of the greatest orator I ever had the honor to learn from, Richard Sodikow, Speech & Debate Coach, The Bronx HS of Science. When he said it, he demonstrated just how well it flowed like honey past his lips.

Comment by bilby, about 2 years ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:44:43 -0800

Honey doesn't flow much and creamed honey doesn't flow at all.

Comment by ravages, about 2 years ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:47:36 -0800

smooth, sweet, feminine.

describing a language?

of greek origin(?)

Comment by artistx, almost 3 years ago

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:47:49 -0700

Doesn't it just flow! Great word

Comment by seanmeade, almost 3 years ago

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:08:56 -0700

mellifluous is such a great sounding word! ;-)

Comment by valse, about 3 years ago

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:39:48 -0800

Wonderful etymology: "flowing with honey." The word can be used in that literal sense, but the "metaphorical" sense (e.g. to describe someone's voice or movement) just works really nicely.