mellifluous
41melodious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. melodic, melic, melopoeic; tuneful, lilting, lyric[al], singable, cantabile; bel canto. See music. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. agreeable, pleasing, euphonic, sweet, tuneful, dulcet, accordant,… …
42euphonious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mellifluous, musical, melodious, pleasant sounding; see harmonious 1 , melodious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. harmonious, melodious, mellifluous, pleasing. ANT.: discordant III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective… …
43Elegance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Elegance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 elegance elegance purity grace ease Sgm: N 1 gracefulness gracefulness readiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 concinnity concinnity euphony numerosity …
44flux — [14] Flux denotes generally ‘flowing’, and comes from Latin fluxus, a derivative of the past participle of fluere ‘flow’. This verb, similar in form and meaning to English flow but in fact unrelated to it, is responsible for a very wide range of… …
45mildew — [OE] Mildew originally meant ‘honeydew’ (which is a sort of sticky substance exuded by aphids and similar insects on to leaves). It is a compound noun formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from *melith ‘honey’ (a relative of Latin mel ‘honey’ …
46molasses — [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese melaço from late Latin mellāceum ‘fermenting grape juice, new wine’. This was a derivative of mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous… …
47mellifluent — (adj.) c.1600, from M.Fr. mellifluent and directly from L.L. mellifluentem (nom. mellifluens), related to mellifluus (see MELLIFLUOUS (Cf. mellifluous)) …
48su̯ād- — su̯ād English meaning: sweet Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sũß; an etwas Geschmack, Freude finden” Material: 1. su̯üdu s ‘sweet”: O.Ind. svüdu , f. svüdvī ‘sweet, mellifluous”; Gk. ἡδύς, f. εῖα (* εFια), ύ, Dor. ἁδύς ‘sweet”; with… …
49flux — [14] Flux denotes generally ‘flowing’, and comes from Latin fluxus, a derivative of the past participle of fluere ‘flow’. This verb, similar in form and meaning to English flow but in fact unrelated to it, is responsible for a very wide range of… …
50mildew — [OE] Mildew originally meant ‘honeydew’ (which is a sort of sticky substance exuded by aphids and similar insects on to leaves). It is a compound noun formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from *melith ‘honey’ (a relative of Latin mel ‘honey’ …