| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mellifluous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mel·lif·lu·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -l f l -s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Flowing with sweetness or honey. 2. Smooth and sweet: “polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice” (H.W. Crocker III). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin mellifluus : Latin mel, mell-, honey; see melit- in Appendix I + Latin -fluus, flowing; see bhleu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | mel·liflu·ous·ly —ADVERB
mel·liflu·ous·ness —NOUN
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