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- mellifluous



[mellifluous 词源字典] - mellifluous: see flux, molasses
[mellifluous etymology, mellifluous origin, 英语词源] - mellifluous (adj.)




- early 15c., "sweet, pleasing" (of an odor, a style of speaking or writing, etc.), from Late Latin mellifluus "flowing with (or as if with) honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (related to Greek meli "honey;" see Melissa) + -fluus "flowing," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Related: Melifluously; melifluousness.