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Meaning of "mellifluousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MELLIFLUOUSNESS

mellifluousness  [mɛˈlɪflʊəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELLIFLUOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mellifluousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MELLIFLUOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mellifluousness in the English dictionary

The definition of mellifluousness in the dictionary is the quality of being mellifluous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELLIFLUOUSNESS


ambiguousness
æmˈbɪɡjʊəsnəs
assiduousness
əˈsɪdjʊəsnəs
congruousness
ˈkɒŋɡrʊəsnəs
conspicuousness
kənˈspɪkjʊəsnəs
contemptuousness
kənˈtemptʃʊəsnəs
contiguousness
kənˈtɪɡjʊəsnəs
continuousness
kənˈtɪnjʊəsnəs
deciduousness
dɪˈsɪdjʊəsnəs
discontinuousness
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəsnəs
exiguousness
ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəsnəs
fructuousness
ˈfrʌktjʊəsnəs
incestuousness
ɪnˈsɛstʃʊəsnəs
incongruousness
ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəsnəs
inconspicuousness
ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjʊəsnəs
nocuousness
ˈnɒkjʊəsnəs
perspicuousness
ˌpəˈspɪkjʊəsnəs
spirituousness
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəsnəs
tenuousness
ˈtenjʊəsnəs
vacuousness
ˈvækjʊəsnəs
virtuousness
ˈvɜːtʃʊəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELLIFLUOUSNESS

mell
melliferous
mellific
mellification
mellifluence
mellifluent
mellifluently
mellifluous
mellifluously
melliphagous
mellite
mellitic
mellivorous
mellophone
mellotron
mellow
mellowing
mellowly
mellowness
mellowspeak

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELLIFLUOUSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of mellifluousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mellifluousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELLIFLUOUSNESS

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The translations of mellifluousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mellifluousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mellifluousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mellifluousness
570 millions of speakers

English

mellifluousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mellifluousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mellifluousness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mellifluousness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mellifluousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mellifluousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mellifluousness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mellifluousness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmelz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mellifluousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mellifluousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mellifluousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mellifluousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mellifluousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mellifluousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mellifluousness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mellifluousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mellifluousness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mellifluousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mellifluousness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mellifluousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mellifluousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mellifluousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mellifluousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELLIFLUOUSNESS»

The term «mellifluousness» is normally little used and occupies the 143.456 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELLIFLUOUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mellifluousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mellifluousness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mellifluousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELLIFLUOUSNESS»

Discover the use of mellifluousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mellifluousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The University Studies ...
In addition to rhyme poetry must possess mellifluousness. Of all things harshness was most to be reprehended as "Gothic" and barbaric. "Well placing of words for the sweetness of pronunciation." says Dryden, "was not known until Mr. Waller ...
‎1907
2
Prejudices: Third Series
It is the idea expressed in a poem, and not the mellifluousness of the words used to express it, that arrests and enchants the average connoisseur. Often, indeed, he disdains this mellifluousness, and argues that the idea ought to be set forth ...
Henry Louis Mencken, 1922
3
Dryden and the Critical Canons of the Eighteenth Century
In addition to rhyme poetry must possess mellifluousness. Of all things harshness was most to be reprehended as "Gothic" and barbaric. "Well placing of words for the sweetness of pronunciation," says Dryden, "was not known until Mr. Waller ...
Prosser Hall Frye, 1907
4
Literary reviews and criticisms
But here it is necessary to make a distinction. The mellifluousness of Dryden and his followers is not to be confounded in the modern manner with melodiousness. There are two kinds of confusion to which modern poetry is particularly liable.
Prosser Hall Frye, 1908
5
Opposing Poetries: Readings
... a kind of line and sound that is deliberately but interestingly difficult to say, a kind of anti-mellifluousness: "Slump not lest slip, slumber, swagger into / indelicacy, delirious indolence" (50) and "Sustenance evaporates in subsequent / slumber.
Hank Lazer, 1996
6
Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism
Similar changes, both toward fuller mellifluousness and harsher dissonance, recur throughout Keats's manuscript revisions. 15. He uses Spenserian diction, but with restraint, and his selections focus on luxurious words that are not so ...
Greg Kucich, 2010
7
The Witch Figure: Folklore Essays by a Group of Scholars in ...
Sir Henry Wootton, scholar, traveller and recipient from the author of the edition of 1637, Viewed the performance with singular delight, struck by the pastoral mellifluousness of its lyric measures, and a certain Doric delicacy in the songs and ...
Venetia Newall, 2013
8
Secret Germany: Stefan George and His Circle
A mellifluousness of a sort that no German poet had in his beginnings (even Goethe's Leipzig songbook lacked it). Such mellifluousness is always unforgettable. Naturally, the old civilization of Vienna. Old culture and of course just as much ...
Robert Edward Norton, 2002
9
H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism
It is the idea expressed in a poem, and not the mellifluousness of the words used to express it, that arrests and enchants the average connoisseur. Often, indeed, he disdains this mellifluousness, and argues that the idea ought to be set forth ...
H. L. Mencken, William H. Nolte, 2000
10
Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace
The mellifluousness of Nestor is mentioned repeatedly in Latin: that is why the Panegyricus Messallae (–) uses him as an analogy for the speeches ofits hero. A fragment of Valgius uses the same analogy for a poet called 'Codrus' (fr. .
Tony Woodman, Denis Feeney, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELLIFLUOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mellifluousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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City airport negotiations with Freedom Aviation get last-minute …
We cherish via of our memory these attributes of Our Beloved: 1)the mellifluousness of her voice---speaking, singing, laughing, more soprano ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
2
The doctor will see you now at a new Lynchburg medical partnership
We cherish via of our memory these attributes of Our Beloved: 1)the mellifluousness of her voice---speaking, singing, laughing, more soprano ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
3
Andy Sheppard Quartet, 'Surrounded By Sea,' ECM Records …
New addition Aarset--with his droning mellifluousness--has, ironically, opened more space for Sheppard's alto and tenor. The sound is subtly ... «Classicalite, Jul 15»
4
Exposed in a Southern Lens
And that first sighting of the burial mound is very much like reading Hold Still—lulled by Mann's Southern rhythms and mellifluousness, the ... «Washington Free Beacon, Jun 15»
5
Tuned Team of Vocal Messengers in Hildegard
The ear would be otherwise bent on following the near continuous mellifluousness flow of the all-female ensembles. Then, the singers ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
6
The 'unfair disadvantage' of being Khushwant Singh's son
... I had to learn Hindi and Gurmukhi in Delhi…I do, however, enjoy its cadence and mellifluousness,” says Rahul Singh. That he loves listening ... «Kasmir Monitor, May 15»
7
Salisbury International Arts Festival 2015 diary: Day 1
... Cathedral's magnificence, didn't seem to fill the enormous space, but it became possible to lose yourself in the mellifluousness of her voice. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
8
On the Lookout for great food, gorgeous views in Henderson
The earthy maple mellifluousness is an unexpected complement to the citrusy flavor of the artichokes, but grounded with the Dijon's pungency, ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, May 15»
9
Music Week Presents: Groenland
... 'La Pieuvre' and 'Immune', whilst in other tracks such as '26 Septembre' and 'Daydreaming' she delivers the soulful mellifluousness of Feist. «musicweek.com, May 15»
10
The Built To Spill Power Hour
... maintains more or less the same mellifluousness throughout, his focus changes. Early on, he's weighing the practical considerations and the ... «A.V. Club, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mellifluousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mellifluousness>. Apr 2024 ».
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