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amelodic

amelodic adjective: not melodic.

Adjective

amelodic (comparative more amelodic, superlative most amelodic)

  1. (sound) Not melodic
    • Though her savagely amelodic vocals were mixed unfortunately low, Gordon gave the noise-hungry the most to work with, and seemed to ignite the potential for chaos that Moore and Ranaldo were keeping tastefully in check, saving themselves for the long haul.1998 May 29, Monica Kendrick, “Sweet Self-Indulgence”, in Chicago Reader
    • Unfortunately Harrison decided to sing on the bulk of the record, and he's got a quavery, amelodic whine like Dave Matthews.2005 February 25, Liz Armstrong, Keith Harris, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, J. Niimi, “The Treatment”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of amelodic

comparativemore amelodic
superlativemost amelodic

Origin of amelodic

From a- + melodic.

Words formed from amelodic

Questions about amelodic

What does amelodic mean?
Amelodic means not melodic.
What part of speech is amelodic?
Amelodic is an adjective.

Words near amelodic in the dictionary

  1. ameloblastomata
  2. ameloblastomatous
  3. ameloblasts
  4. amelocemental
  5. amelodentinal
  6. amelodic
  7. amelodically
  8. amelogeneses
  9. amelogenesis
  10. amelogenesis imperfecta
  11. amelogenetic

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