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melomel

melomel noun: a mead that contains fruit.

Noun

melomel (countable and uncountable, plural melomels)

  1. A mead that contains fruit.
    • In Digbie's era metah, metheglin, and melomel were probably considered synonyms. […] "Melomel" today usually means a mead flavored with any fruit juice other than apples or pears. Peaches, cherries, blackberries, or plumbs^([sic]) are some good, historic choices.2001, David Alan Woolsey, Libations of the Eighteenth Century: A Concise Manual for the Brewing of Authentic Beverages from the Colonial Era of America, and of Times Past

Forms of melomel

pluralmelomels

Questions about melomel

What does melomel mean?
Melomel means a mead that contains fruit.
What part of speech is melomel?
Melomel is a noun.
What is the plural of melomel?
The plural of melomel is melomels.

Words near melomel in the dictionary

  1. melomania
  2. melomaniac
  3. melomaniacal
  4. melomaniacs
  5. melomanic
  6. melomel
  7. melomels
  8. melomys
  9. melomyses
  10. melon
  11. melon aldehyde

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