mellifluent
/mɛˈlɪflʊənt
/adjective
Another term for mellifluous.The variation in the music vividly brought out the union: for the ‘slokas’ that dealt with Parvathi, the music was mellifluent, and for those that described Siva, it was a bit rough with the beating of drums....
- The playback singer, K. S. Chitra, lends her mellifluent voice to these songs, which include solos, duets and chorus.
- As a result, a sense of mellifluent monotony is achieved and paired with an unmistakable improvisatory quality that characterizes most Greek folk music.
Derivatives
mellifluence
/ noun ...- At the same time, the speaker talks with a rich mellifluence that is no doubt the after effect of the tonal richness and elegant detailing.
- To my ears the Barra pronunciation is much to be preferred, purely for its mellifluence.
- It is the added tonal dimension that occurs when two chords momentarily share properties, so that the transition has greater depth and mellifluence.
Origin
Early 17th century: from late Latin mellifluent-, from Latin mel, mell(i)- 'honey' + fluent- 'flowing' (from the verb fluere).