mellifluencen.

Brit.

/mᵻˈlɪflʊəns/, U.S.

/məˈlɪflʊəns/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mellifluent adj., -ence suffix.

Etymology: < mellifluent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare Middle French mellifluence sweetness of character (1490), sweet liquid (1512).With application to St Bernard (see quot. a1631) compare etymological note s.v. mellifluous adj.

The state or quality of being mellifluent, mellifluousness; flowing sweetness, honeyed nature (esp. with regard to speech).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > euphonism > mellifluence

mellifluencea1631

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 275 As S. Bernard also expresses it, in his mellifluence.

1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 279 The English ear has been accustomed to the mellifluence of Pope's numbers.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 114 The mellifluence and flexibility of the vowelly language were favourable to unrhymed verse.

a1872 E. Atherstone Pelopidas iii. i, in Dramatic Wks. (1888) 57 Thou wilt bless our years with the mellifluence of thy accents.

1889 Overland Monthly Jan. 75 It lingered around the cake, it lent its mellifluence to the pies, and it tainted the preserves.

1958 Amer. Lit. 30 349 The phrase ‘always so problematic a quality in halls built for the hearing of music’, with a mellifluence arising from the repetition of l's, rounds off the sentence.

1986 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 81 969/1 What Rubin's SUTVA lacks in mellifluence it more than makes up for in utility.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mellifluence
释义	mellifluencen. Brit. /mᵻˈlɪflʊəns/, U.S. /məˈlɪflʊəns/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mellifluent adj., -ence suffix. Etymology: < mellifluent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare Middle French mellifluence sweetness of character (1490), sweet liquid (1512).With application to St Bernard (see quot. a1631) compare etymological note s.v. mellifluous adj. The state or quality of being mellifluent, mellifluousness; flowing sweetness, honeyed nature (esp. with regard to speech). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > euphonism > mellifluence mellifluencea1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 275 As S. Bernard also expresses it, in his mellifluence. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 279 The English ear has been accustomed to the mellifluence of Pope's numbers. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 114 The mellifluence and flexibility of the vowelly language were favourable to unrhymed verse. a1872 E. Atherstone Pelopidas iii. i, in Dramatic Wks. (1888) 57 Thou wilt bless our years with the mellifluence of thy accents. 1889 Overland Monthly Jan. 75 It lingered around the cake, it lent its mellifluence to the pies, and it tainted the preserves. 1958 Amer. Lit. 30 349 The phrase ‘always so problematic a quality in halls built for the hearing of music’, with a mellifluence arising from the repetition of l's, rounds off the sentence. 1986 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 81 969/1 What Rubin's SUTVA lacks in mellifluence it more than makes up for in utility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631
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