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melodious, a.|mɪˈləʊdɪəs|
Forms: 4–6 melodyous(e, 5 melodiose, -dyows, 6 mellodi(o)us, -dyous, melodyus.
[ad. OF. melodieus (mod.F. mélodieux), = Sp., Pg., It. melodioso, med.L. melōdiōsus, f. L. melōdia: see melody and -ous.]
1. Characterized by melody or pleasing succession of sounds; sweet-sounding, tuneful.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 577 Herde I myn alderleuest lady dere, So wommanly wiþ voys melodious, Syngen so wel. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 80 Thus thay songe..This melodious ympne. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xxii. 66 He..blewe so melodyous a blast. 1629Milton Hymn Nativ. xiii, Ring out ye Crystall sphears,..And let your silver chime Move in melodious time. c1700Dryden Charac. Gd. Parson 22 A music more melodious than the spheres. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 27 ⁋7 A melodious consort of vocal and instrumental music. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 375/2 That an air which was never set or intended for words, however melodious, cannot be imitative. 1836Emerson Nature, Discipline Wks. (Bohn) II. 156 Man..forges the subtile..air into wise and melodious words. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. iv, Melodious sounds were not long in rising from the frying-pan on the fire.
2. Producing melody; singing sweetly.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 85 Where like a sweet mellodius bird it sung. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. iii. (Arb.) 22 By his discreete and wholesome lessons vttered in harmonie and with melodious instruments. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 697 The lovely Bride In safety goes, with her Melodious Guide [Orpheus]. 1784Cowper Task iv. 574 The walk..unconscious once Of other tenants than melodious birds. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Swedenborg Wks. (Bohn) I. 333 Melodious poets shall be hoarse as street ballads, when [etc.].
3. nonce-use. Susceptible to melody.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. xlix. i, Wordes shall from my mouth proceed, Which I will measure by melodious eare.
4. Having a melody; pertaining to or of the nature of melody.
1727–52Chambers Cycl. s.v. Melody, Yet so far as the bass may be made airy, and to sing well, it may be also properly said to be melodious. 1818Busby Gram. Mus. 59 The first rudiments of the simplest province of musical composition, and musical performance,—melodious succession. |