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单词 melic
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melic

[ mel-ik ]
/ ˈmɛl ɪk /

adjective

intended to be sung.
noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry.

Origin of melic

1690–1700; <Greek melikós, equivalent to mél(os) limb, song + -ikos-ic

Words nearby melic

Melete, meletin, -melia, meliaceous, Meliae, melic, melick, Méliès, melilite, Melilla, melilot
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Example sentences from the Web for melic

  • Although the metre and dialect are Dorian, the poems breathe the spirit of Aeolian melic poetry.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for melic

melic
/ (ˈmɛlɪk) /

adjective

(of poetry, esp ancient Greek lyric poems) intended to be sung

Word Origin for melic

C17: via Latin from Greek melikos, from melos song
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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