mellifluent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- mellifluence noun
- mellifluently adverb
- unmellifluent adjective
- unmellifluently adverb
Etymology
Origin of mellifluent
1595–1605; < Late Latin mellifluent- (stem of mellifluēns ), equivalent to Latin melli- (stem of mel ) honey + fluent- fluent
Example Sentences
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“She’s been there before. Is that true, Mellifluent?”
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“Okay, Mellifluent, you can move...but only enough to get us to the Palace of the Snow Queen. Got it?”
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“Mellifluent!” he yelled out at the top of his lungs.
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“Mellifluent, show us the Palace of the Snow Queen,” Jack ordered the dragon, who for once complied without arguing.
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“My name is Mellifluent. My sisters gave me the name Malevolent to make your kind fear me!”
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