mellifluous

Adjective

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pleasing to the ear“the dulcet tones of the cello”Synonyms: dulcet honeyed mellisonant sweetOpposite unmelodicSimilar melodious, melodic

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Mel·lif′lu·ous adjective

Origin: L. mellifluus; mel, mellis, honey (akin to Gr. …, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See Mildew, Fluent, and cf. Marmalade.

Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice. — Mel·lif′wb-a1′>′lu·ous·ly, adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54