mellownessn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛləʊnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛloʊnəs/

Forms: see mellow adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mellow adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < mellow adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or state of being mellow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > qualities of fruit

mellowness1530

mellowinga1625

raciness1669

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > mellow quality

mellowness1530

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [noun] > gentle quality

softness1636

mellowness1742

unstridulosity1871

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > softness

mellowness1884

pastel1899

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 244/2 Melownesse, mevreté.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Pet. iii. 18) Grow..as an apple doth in mellownesse.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xii. 273 This perfects the sweetness and mellowness of the Malt.

1742 J. Hort Instr. Clergy Tuam 14 Suaviloquentia, that mellowness and sweetness of speaking, so much praised in some of the Roman orators, in opposition to the rusticity of noisy declaimers.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 2 She wants that delicacy of hint, and mellowness of sneer, which distinguishes your Ladyship's scandal.

1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 157 In the tender scenes he [sc. Kemble] wanted mellowness.

1843 W. L. Tizard Theory & Pract. Brewing 465 The vinosity and mellowness [of vinous liquors] are at the same time improved.

1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 349/1 A mellowness of light and shade unattainable in marble.

1924 Travel Apr. 40/2 The South American claims far greater mellowness and sweetness than he finds in the frozen product that goes forth..to Europe.

1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts vi. 89 As he worked, his glow of general and diffused mellowness concentrated itself into a beam of good feeling directed at Carney.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities viii. 61 For each he charted the mellowness of tone,..the compass and execution of the song.

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

单词	mellowness
释义	mellownessn. Brit. /ˈmɛləʊnəs/, U.S. /ˈmɛloʊnəs/ Forms: see mellow adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mellow adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < mellow adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or state of being mellow. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > qualities of fruit mellowness1530 mellowinga1625 raciness1669 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > mellow quality mellowness1530 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [noun] > gentle quality softness1636 mellowness1742 unstridulosity1871 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > softness mellowness1884 pastel1899 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 244/2 Melownesse, mevreté. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Pet. iii. 18) Grow..as an apple doth in mellownesse. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xii. 273 This perfects the sweetness and mellowness of the Malt. 1742 J. Hort Instr. Clergy Tuam 14 Suaviloquentia, that mellowness and sweetness of speaking, so much praised in some of the Roman orators, in opposition to the rusticity of noisy declaimers. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 2 She wants that delicacy of hint, and mellowness of sneer, which distinguishes your Ladyship's scandal. 1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 157 In the tender scenes he [sc. Kemble] wanted mellowness. 1843 W. L. Tizard Theory & Pract. Brewing 465 The vinosity and mellowness [of vinous liquors] are at the same time improved. 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 349/1 A mellowness of light and shade unattainable in marble. 1924 Travel Apr. 40/2 The South American claims far greater mellowness and sweetness than he finds in the frozen product that goes forth..to Europe. 1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts vi. 89 As he worked, his glow of general and diffused mellowness concentrated itself into a beam of good feeling directed at Carney. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities viii. 61 For each he charted the mellowness of tone,..the compass and execution of the song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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