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mellifluous

[ muh-lif-loo-uhs ]
/ məˈlɪf lu əs /
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adjective

sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.

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RELATED WORDS

agreeable, dulcet, fluid, honeyed, mellow, pleasing, resonant, soothing, tuneful, euphonic, harmonic, symphonious, mellifluent, songful, tuned

Nearby words

mellaril, meller, mellers, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, melliphagous, mellite, mellitum, mellon, mellophone

Origin of mellifluous

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mellifluus, equivalent to Latin melli- (stem of mel) honey + -flu(ere) to flow + -us adj. suffix (see -ous)

Related forms

mel·lif·lu·ous·ly, adverbmel·lif·lu·ous·ness, nounun·mel·lif·lu·ous, adjectiveun·mel·lif·lu·ous·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for mellifluous

mellifluous

mellifluent

/ (mɪˈlɪflʊəs) /

adjective

(of sounds or utterances) smooth or honeyed; sweet

Derived Forms

mellifluously or mellifluently, adverbmellifluousness or mellifluence, noun

Word Origin for mellifluous

C15: from Late Latin mellifluus flowing with honey, from Latin mel honey + fluere to flow
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