dulcifluousadj.

Brit.

/dʌlˈsɪflʊəs/, U.S.

/ˌdəlˈsɪfləwəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dulcifluus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin dulcifluus (6th cent.; < classical Latin dulcis sweet (see dulce adj.) + -fluus < fluere to flow: see fluent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier mellifluous adj.

literary and poetic.

Sweetly or softly flowing. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > sweetly or softly

dulcifluous1674

1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum iii. 31 It is entortained, fed, feasted with the dilicious and dulcifluous dew of the heavnli, holi Spirit.

1763 W. Perfect Bavin of Bays 79 A Spirit social by Good-nature led, O'er which the Virtues dulcifluous shed Celestial sweetness and soft-blooming youth.

1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. xii. 272 His dulcifluous anathemas against all existing laws.

1895 W. Watson On Landor's Hellenics in Poems 33 With beakers rinsed of the dulcifluous wave.

1927 Messenger Jan. 37/1 Who have not found some beauty in the dulcifluous spirituals of the slaves, passion-souled slaves?

1974 J. Mella Transformations in Chicago Rev. 25 No. 4. 8 What we mean..by sophistication, is not, of course, elegant phrasing, or dulcifluous periods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dulcifluous
释义	dulcifluousadj. Brit. /dʌlˈsɪflʊəs/, U.S. /ˌdəlˈsɪfləwəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dulcifluus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin dulcifluus (6th cent.; < classical Latin dulcis sweet (see dulce adj.) + -fluus < fluere to flow: see fluent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier mellifluous adj. literary and poetic. Sweetly or softly flowing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > sweetly or softly dulcifluous1674 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum iii. 31 It is entortained, fed, feasted with the dilicious and dulcifluous dew of the heavnli, holi Spirit. 1763 W. Perfect Bavin of Bays 79 A Spirit social by Good-nature led, O'er which the Virtues dulcifluous shed Celestial sweetness and soft-blooming youth. 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. xii. 272 His dulcifluous anathemas against all existing laws. 1895 W. Watson On Landor's Hellenics in Poems 33 With beakers rinsed of the dulcifluous wave. 1927 Messenger Jan. 37/1 Who have not found some beauty in the dulcifluous spirituals of the slaves, passion-souled slaves? 1974 J. Mella Transformations in Chicago Rev. 25 No. 4. 8 What we mean..by sophistication, is not, of course, elegant phrasing, or dulcifluous periods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1674
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