Mellifluous

//məˈlɪflu.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Flowing like honey.

    "Though in heaven the trees / Of life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines / Yield nectar; though from off the boughs each morn / VVe brush mellifluous devvs, and find the ground / Cover'd vvith pearly grain[…]"

  2. 2
    Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style). figuratively

    "[…] Socrates […] VVisest of men; from vvhose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that vvater'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and nevv […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    pleasing to the ear wordnet

Synonyms

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mellifluentmelodiousaccordantachingly sweetaffableagreeable

Example

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"Pooja, the elegant lady with mellifluous voice, is to star in an upcoming Bollywood movie."

Etymology

From Latin mellifluus (“flowing like honey”), from mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare superfluous and fluid, from same root, and with dulcet (“sweet speech”), alternative Latinate term with a similar meaning.

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