melic

[ mel-ik ]

adjective
  1. intended to be sung.

  2. noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry.

Origin of melic

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin melicus, from Greek melikós, equivalent to mél(os) “limb; feature, form; musical member or phrase, song” + -ikos -ic

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melic

/ (ˈmɛlɪk) /


adjective
  1. (of poetry, esp ancient Greek lyric poems) intended to be sung

Origin of melic

1
C17: via Latin from Greek melikos, from melos song

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