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mellifulous

mellifulous is the misspelling of mellifluous.

Meaning of mellifluous

Adjective

mellifluous (comparative more mellifluous, superlative most mellifluous)

  1. Flowing like honey.
    • Though in heaven the trees / Of life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines / Yield nectar; though from off the boughs each morn / VVe brush mellifluous devvs, and find the ground / Cover'd vvith pearly grain[…]1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).
    • […] Socrates […] VVisest of men; from vvhose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that vvater'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and nevv […]1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC

Questions about mellifulous

What is mellifulous the misspelling of?
Mellifulous is the misspelling of mellifluous.

Words near mellifulous in the dictionary

  1. mellifluently
  2. mellifluous
  3. mellifluously
  4. mellifluousness
  5. mellifluousnesses
  6. mellifulous
  7. mellify
  8. mellifying
  9. melligenous
  10. melligo
  11. melliloquent

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