mellifluous |məˈlifloōəs|adjective(of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear: the voice was mellifluous and smooth.DERIVATIVESmellifluously adverbmellifluousness nounORIGIN late 15th cent.: from late Latin mellifluus(from mel ‘honey’ + fluere ‘to flow’ ) + -ous .
I'll be honest, I had no idea how to spell this word. Fortunately, the mac dictionary made sense of my garble of letters. I recently heard this word used on 30 Rock.
A word I know, but have never found occasion to actually use.
ReplyDeleteLet me try. "I love me a villain with mellifluous voice--just another reason to go see the new Star Trek movie."
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