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melopeia

melopeia is the alternative form of melopoeia.

Meaning of melopoeia

Noun

melopoeia (countable and uncountable, plural melopoeiae or melopoeias)

  1. (obsolete) Art of composing melodies.
  2. The use of the sound of words as a facet of poetry.

Forms of melopeia

pluralmelopeias

Questions about melopeia

What is melopeia the alternative form of?
Melopeia is the alternative form of melopoeia.

Words near melopeia in the dictionary

  1. melontini
  2. melontinis
  3. melonworm
  4. melonworms
  5. melony
  6. melopeia
  7. melophile
  8. melophiles
  9. melophilia
  10. melophobia
  11. melophone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: melopeia (page history and authors); melopoeia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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