Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mellifluous
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Mellifluous
mellifluous
adjective Etymology: Middle English mellyfluous, from Late Latin mellifluus, from Latin mell-, mel honey + fluere to flow; akin to Gothic milith honey, Greek melit-, meli Date: 15th century 1. having a smooth rich flow a ~ voice 2. filled with something (as honey) that sweetens • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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adj. (of a voice or words) pleasing, musical, flowing. Derivatives mellifluence n. mellifluent adj. mellifluously adv. mellifluousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF melliflue or LL mellifluus f. mel honey + fluere flow ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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A mellifluous voice or piece of music is smooth and gentle and very pleasant to listen to. (FORMAL) I grew up around people who had wonderful, mellifluous voices... ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj formal having a pleasant musical sound (a mellifluous voice) - mellifluously adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L.L. mellifluus, from L. mel (gen. mellis) "honey" + -fluus "flowing," from fluere "to flow." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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