melicn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɛlɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmɛlɪk/

Forms: 1700s– melic, 1700s– melick.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Melica.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Melica, genus name ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 66, after his use in Flora Lapponica (1737) 23), probably < Italian melica (a1568, although probably 10th or 11th cent. in Latin context), meliga (1255) sorghum, millet; further etymology uncertain and disputed: see further M. Cortelazzo and P. Zolli Diz. etimol. della lingua Italiana (ed. 2, 1999) at cited word. Compare Middle French melica (1572, translating Italian), French mélique (1791).

Any of various grasses, chiefly of north temperate regions, that constitute the genus Melica, with panicles or racemes of sparsely flowered spikelets, the uppermost florets of which are sterile; esp. (in full wood melic) M. uniflora, a Eurasian and North African grass of woods and shady hedgerows, with drooping racemes of plump purplish spikelets. Also melic grass.mountain, purple melic: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses

feather-top grass1597

hooded matweed1597

millet grass1597

spring grass1643

moor grass1749

melic1762

finger grass1767

feather-grass1776

aegilops1777

oat-grass1802

prairie grass1812

oat-grass1814

tansy mustard1856

purple moor grass1859

whorl-grass1861

Molinia1866

onion grass1868

káns1874

Turk's-head grass1882

Pangola finger-grass1947

tor grass1954

bush-grass-

1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 32 Melica..Anglis, Melic-grass.

1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. Index Melick-grass.

1804 C. Smith Conversat. II. 108 In a few short months..Would velvet moss and purple melic rise.

1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 193 The mountain or wood melic-grass (Melica nutans).

1863 J. Ingelow High Tide on Linc. Coast in Poems 141 From the meads where melick groweth.

1906 G. A. B. Dewar Faery Year 180 The melic grass is seeding in the shady hedgerows.

1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 201 ‘Wood Melick’ is a common grass of woods and shady banks.

1983 Garden Design Autumn 10/2 Melic grass..is rarely stocked in plant form.

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

melicadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈmɛlɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmɛlɪk/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin melicus; Greek μελικός.

Etymology: < (i) classical Latin melicus lyric, or its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek μελικός < ancient Greek μέλος song, lyric strain (see melos n.) + -ικός -ic suffix.

A. adj.

Of or relating to Greek lyric poetry.In quot. 1850², designating the subdivision of lyric normally referred to as monodic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > composing poetry to be sung

melic1699

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [adjective] > singable

singablea1340

songlyc1350

melic1850

chantable1944

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 484 Stesichorus a Melic or Lyric Poet.

1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 28 The more delicate varieties of melic rhythm.

1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 56 Strophic odes..may be classed under two heads, Melic and Choric.

1886 F. B. Jevons Greek Lit. 160 Theognis was an elegiac and not a melic poet.

1934 Amer. Hist. Rev. 39 553 Little is known of the wandering free-lance of the age of the melic poets.

1968 R. Pfeiffer Hist. Classical Scholarship Hellenistic Age 182 The ancient theorists and editors distinguished between elegaic and iambic poems on the one hand, and melic poems on the other.

1988 Classical Q. New Ser. 38 52 You will very soon come across several references to monody and choral lyric as important divisions within the broader field of melic poetry.

2000 PN Rev. No. 136. 53/1 The unrhymed ‘Archaic Torso of Apollo’, where the melic weave is subtle and taut.

B. n.²

Melic poetry; lyric. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > collectively

melic1886

1886 F. B. Jevons Greek Lit. 123 The history of melic begins for us with Terpander.

1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets p. xxi Monodic melic, or that which is sung by a single voice, is represented in the earliest stage of Greek song by the nome.

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

单词	melic
释义	melicn.¹ Brit. /ˈmɛlɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɛlɪk/ Forms: 1700s– melic, 1700s– melick. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Melica. Etymology: < scientific Latin Melica, genus name ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 66, after his use in Flora Lapponica (1737) 23), probably < Italian melica (a1568, although probably 10th or 11th cent. in Latin context), meliga (1255) sorghum, millet; further etymology uncertain and disputed: see further M. Cortelazzo and P. Zolli Diz. etimol. della lingua Italiana (ed. 2, 1999) at cited word. Compare Middle French melica (1572, translating Italian), French mélique (1791). Any of various grasses, chiefly of north temperate regions, that constitute the genus Melica, with panicles or racemes of sparsely flowered spikelets, the uppermost florets of which are sterile; esp. (in full wood melic) M. uniflora, a Eurasian and North African grass of woods and shady hedgerows, with drooping racemes of plump purplish spikelets. Also melic grass.mountain, purple melic: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 32 Melica..Anglis, Melic-grass. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. Index Melick-grass. 1804 C. Smith Conversat. II. 108 In a few short months..Would velvet moss and purple melic rise. 1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 193 The mountain or wood melic-grass (Melica nutans). 1863 J. Ingelow High Tide on Linc. Coast in Poems 141 From the meads where melick groweth. 1906 G. A. B. Dewar Faery Year 180 The melic grass is seeding in the shady hedgerows. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 201 ‘Wood Melick’ is a common grass of woods and shady banks. 1983 Garden Design Autumn 10/2 Melic grass..is rarely stocked in plant form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). melicadj.n.² Brit. /ˈmɛlɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɛlɪk/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin melicus; Greek μελικός. Etymology: < (i) classical Latin melicus lyric, or its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek μελικός < ancient Greek μέλος song, lyric strain (see melos n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. A. adj. Of or relating to Greek lyric poetry.In quot. 1850², designating the subdivision of lyric normally referred to as monodic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > composing poetry to be sung melic1699 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [adjective] > singable singablea1340 songlyc1350 melic1850 chantable1944 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 484 Stesichorus a Melic or Lyric Poet. 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 28 The more delicate varieties of melic rhythm. 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 56 Strophic odes..may be classed under two heads, Melic and Choric. 1886 F. B. Jevons Greek Lit. 160 Theognis was an elegiac and not a melic poet. 1934 Amer. Hist. Rev. 39 553 Little is known of the wandering free-lance of the age of the melic poets. 1968 R. Pfeiffer Hist. Classical Scholarship Hellenistic Age 182 The ancient theorists and editors distinguished between elegaic and iambic poems on the one hand, and melic poems on the other. 1988 Classical Q. New Ser. 38 52 You will very soon come across several references to monody and choral lyric as important divisions within the broader field of melic poetry. 2000 PN Rev. No. 136. 53/1 The unrhymed ‘Archaic Torso of Apollo’, where the melic weave is subtle and taut. B. n.² Melic poetry; lyric. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > collectively melic1886 1886 F. B. Jevons Greek Lit. 123 The history of melic begins for us with Terpander. 1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets p. xxi Monodic melic, or that which is sung by a single voice, is represented in the earliest stage of Greek song by the nome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1762adj.n.²1699
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