mellifluous (redirected from mellifluously)

mel·lif·lu·ous  (m-lfl-s)

adj.

1. Flowing with sweetness or honey.

2. Smooth and sweet: "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" (H.W. Crocker III).

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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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mel·liflu·ous·ly adv.

mel·liflu·ous·ness n.

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mellifluous [mel-lif-flew-uss]

Adjective

(of sound) smooth and sweet [Latin mel honey + fluere to flow]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

mellifluous - pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" mellisonant, dulcet, honeyed, sweet melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"