mellifluous
mellifluous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academical
- antithesis
- artistic
- chaste
- classical
- classicalism
- classicism
- concinnity
- correct
- ease
- easy
- elegance
- elegant
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphonious
- euphony
- felicitous
- flowing
- fluent
- grace
- graceful
- happy
- natural
- neat
- neatly
- numerosity
- period
- place
- point
- polished
- pure
- purist
- purity
- put
- readable
- readiness
- rhythmical
- right
- round
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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