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meller

meller noun: a melodrama.

Noun

meller (plural mellers)

  1. A melodrama.
    • It pulls together first-rate pseudo-science and high-grade detective meller of the Spillane school (but entirely clean) and the result is fine read-and-forget entertainment.1952 November, Groff Conklin, Galaxy Science Fiction, page 122, column 1

Proper noun capitalized: Meller

Meller (plural Mellers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of meller

Noun
pluralmellers
Proper noun
pluralMellers

Origin of meller

A shortening of melodrama + -er (“Variety -er”)

Questions about meller

What does meller mean?
Meller means a melodrama.
What part of speech is meller?
Meller can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of meller?
The plural of meller is mellers.

Words near meller in the dictionary

  1. Mellemas
  2. Mellen
  3. Mellens
  4. melleolide
  5. melleous
  6. meller
  7. mellerdrammer
  8. mellerdrammers
  9. mellers
  10. Mellerud
  11. Mellett

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