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mellifluous

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,550GRECAT
DEFINITION

pleasing to the ear

WEBSTER'S 1913

Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'mel' (honey) + 'fluere' (to flow)

SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE

The diplomatist glutted with news, and thirsting for confirmations; the Count dumb, courteous, and quick-eyed; the honourable lady complacent in the consciousness of boxes well packed; the Countess breathing mellifluous long-drawn adieux that should provoke invitations.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

James Baskett, who portrays the sagacious dean of plantation workers, has both the benign appearance and mellifluous voice to make him the perfect spinner-of-tales.

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