Melville

[ mel-vil ]

noun

1. Herman, 1819–91, U.S. novelist.
2. Lake, a saltwater lake on the E coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow inlet: the mouth of the Churchill River is at its W end. About 1,133 sq. mi. (2,935 sq. km).
3. a male given name.

Melville

/ ˈmɛlvɪl /

noun

1. MelvilleHerman18191891MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Herman. 1819–91, US novelist and short-story writer. Among his works, Moby Dick (1851) and Billy Budd (written 1891, published 1924) are outstanding

Other Words From

• Mel·ville·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Melville may be the most famous example, but Kafka, Kate Chopin, and many others followed a similar trajectory.

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DS: Now that we talked about your mother and acid and the Sixties, I want to close with one of my favorite Melville quotes.

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Melville then appends an ultra-weird coda: There would seem little need for proceeding further in this history.

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Although told in Herman Melville's more humorous style, Bartleby is a story as enigmatic as anything in Kafka.

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Already by the time of Melville's writing, the early 1850s, Wall Street had long lost any residential character.

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The hills and coast are wooded to the brink of the cliffs and sandy beaches that vary the northern shores of Melville Island.

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The Mermaid's track will direct the course to Cape Melville.

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Here, Melville,” said the first trooper, “hold my horse while I ease this ‘honest shepherd’ of his purse.

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He told me to keep straight across the bay, and then pass between Melville Island and the main.

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"Lieutenant Melville, allow me to congratulate you upon the make and set of your uniform," he said with extreme politeness.

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