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In some senses, mellifluous is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
mellifluous
/məˈlɪflu.əs/
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
elegant, resonant
VERB + MELLIFLUOUS
brush, charm, issued, mix, mouth
MELLIFLUOUS + NOUN
devvs, vvater'd
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
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[…]
2
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 […]
Join'd to Theſe [birds], / Thouſands beſide, thick as the covering Leaves / VVhich ſpeck them o'er, their Modulations mix / Mellifluous.
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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 g
Wiktionary02
[…] Socrates […] VVisest of men; from vvhose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that vvater'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and nevv […]
Wiktionary03
Join'd to Theſe [birds], / Thouſands beſide, thick as the covering Leaves / VVhich ſpeck them o'er, their Modulations mix / Mellifluous.
Wiktionary04
Pooja, the elegant lady with mellifluous voice, is to star in an upcoming Bollywood movie.
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Tom's deep voice is so resonant and mellifluous that I could spend hours listening to him read aloud from the phone book.
Tatoeba · #302037906
He has a mellifluous voice.
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