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mellifluous

(adj): pleasing to the ear
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5 months ago etaoinsrdlu said:

(smellifluous: Pleasing to the nose?)

6 months ago chained_bear said:

It is indeed.

I always start singing the truffula song from The Lorax. However the hell you spell truffula...

6 months ago andreatheawesome said:

I always imagine the visual image of the word mellifluous to be a soft brown/chocolate wavy line, flowing genltly and quietly in/on a cream colored space.
Mellifluous is a mellifluous word.

7 months ago savingRACE said:

mellifluous- i first became familiar with this word while reading june jordan. she used it eloquently, with great image and soul. she described a biblical land overflowing with milk and honey. the word is certainly a graceful and refreshing throwback to a chimerical land laced with sweet leche y miel.

9 months ago nlaroche said:

Similar in pattern, yes, I think is what I meant to imply by my question... I love the beauty of mellifluous and "picturesque" just doesn't compare. Perhaps I'm still on a hunt.

9 months ago mollusque said:

Similar in pattern of derivation? Probably not. Similar in meaning, yes, but finding a word that means only "pleasing to the eye" and hasn't been broadened to include other senses (in both senses) is tough.

How about beauteous or picturesque?

9 months ago VanishedOne said:

Photogenic?

9 months ago gangerh said:

Eye candy?

9 months ago nlaroche said:

Is there a visual equivalent to this word? I'd love to know it.

11 months ago chicie said:

honey should be included in the definition.
this is an amazing word, almost an onomatopoeia.

about 1 year ago yarb said:

I am not as mellifluous as Sir John Betjeman.

- Peter Reading, Opinions of the Press, from Fiction, 1979

about 1 year ago prasadkdr said:

Mellifluous means pleasing to the ear

about 1 year ago frindley said:

See also grandiloquent/grandiloquence.
Mellifluous grandiloquence is something else altogether!

about 1 year ago chesler said:

This was a favorite of the greatest orator I ever had the honor to learn from, Richard Sodikow, Speech & Debate Coach, The Bronx HS of Science. When he said it, he demonstrated just how well it flowed like honey past his lips.

about 1 year ago bilby said:

Honey doesn't flow much and creamed honey doesn't flow at all.

about 1 year ago Ravages said:

smooth, sweet, feminine.

describing a language?

of greek origin(?)

over 2 years ago artistx said:

Doesn't it just flow! Great word

over 2 years ago seanmeade said:

mellifluous is such a great sounding word! ;-)

over 2 years ago Valse said:

Wonderful etymology: "flowing with honey." The word can be used in that literal sense, but the "metaphorical" sense (e.g. to describe someone's voice or movement) just works really nicely.

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