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mellifluous (adjective), more mellifluous, most mellifluous
1. Referring to something that is pleasant and soothing to listen to and sweet or rich in tone: Shirley made a mellifluous speech with her mellifluous voice at the graduating ceremony of her high school.
2. Etymology: from about 1432, which came from Late Latin mellifluus, "flowing with (or as if with) honey"; from Latin mel, mellis, "honey" + -fluus, "flowing"; from fluere, "to flow".
Words and sounds that render honeyed expressions.
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A verbal presentation that flows smoothly and pleasantly .
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This entry is located in the following units: fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence (page 7) melli-, meli-, melit-, melito-, mellit-, mellito-, melo-, -mel, -melic, -melitic (page 1) -ous, -ious, -eous (page 13)