mellifluous

[ muh-lif-loo-uhs ]
/ məˈlɪf lu əs /
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adjective

sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.

Origin of mellifluous

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mellifluus, equivalent to Latin melli- (stem of mel) honey + -flu(ere) to flow + -us adj. suffix (see -ous)

OTHER WORDS FROM mellifluous

mel·lif·lu·ous·ly, adverb mel·lif·lu·ous·ness, noun un·mel·lif·lu·ous, adjective un·mel·lif·lu·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby mellifluous

mellaril, meller, mellers, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, melliphagous, mellite, mellitum, mellon, mellophone

Words related to mellifluously

harmonious, melodiously, musically

Example sentences from the Web for mellifluously

  • The real revelation, though, is the mellifluously named Holliday Grainger.

    The Borgias' Entertaining Excess |Allen Barra |May 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

  • "And if not, angelic breasts do not harbor resentment long," said Don Inocencio mellifluously.

    Dona Perfecta |B. Perez Galdos

  • “I'll put it up when you stop speakin' mellifluously of my friends,” declared the barber.

    The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for mellifluously

mellifluous

mellifluent

/ (mɪˈlɪflʊəs) /

adjective

(of sounds or utterances) smooth or honeyed; sweet

Derived forms of mellifluous

mellifluously or mellifluently, adverb mellifluousness or mellifluence, noun

Word Origin for mellifluous

C15: from Late Latin mellifluus flowing with honey, from Latin mel honey + fluere to flow