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mellifluousness

mel·lif·lu·ous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-lif-loo-uh s]
    • /məˈlɪf lu əs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-lif-loo-uh s]
    • /məˈlɪf lu əs/

Definitions of mellifluousness word

  • adjective mellifluousness sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones. 1
  • adjective mellifluousness flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey. 1
  • noun mellifluousness The property of being mellifluous. 1
See all 3 definitions of mellifluousness

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Origin of mellifluousness

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
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)

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Parts of speech for Mellifluousness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mellifluousness

mellifluousness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for mellifluousness

noun mellifluousness

  • vigor — active strength or force.
  • poise — a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P.
  • non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
  • wit — the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
  • passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
All 64 Synonyms of mellifluousness

Antonyms for mellifluousness

noun mellifluousness

  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
  • inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
  • impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
  • dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
All 15 Antonyms of mellifluousness

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