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Definition of Mellow
1. Adverb. (obsolete) in a mellow manner.
2. Adjective. Unhurried and relaxed. "A mellow conversation"
3. Verb. Soften, make mellow. "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
4. Adjective. Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging. "Mellowed fruit"
5. Verb. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial. "With age, he mellowed"
6. Adjective. Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience. "The peace of mellow age"
7. Verb. Make or grow (more) mellow. "The sun mellowed the fruit"
8. Adjective. Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience. "The peace of mellow age"
9. Adjective. Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana).
Definition of Mellow
1. a. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
2. v. t. To make mellow.
3. v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.
Definition of Mellow
1. Adjective. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, ''a mellow apple''. ¹
2. Adjective. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, ''a mellow soil''. ¹
3. Adjective. Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. ¹
4. Adjective. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. ¹
5. Adjective. Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back. ¹
6. Adjective. Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated; or, stoned, high. ¹
7. Noun. A relaxed mood. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To become mellow. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) To relax or soften. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mellow
1. soft and full-flavored from ripeness [adj -LOWER, -LOWEST] : MELLOWLY [adv] / to make or become mellow [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Mellow
1. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellow
Literary usage of Mellow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"Cold Medal Paris Exhibition, 75*75» PURE, MILD, AND mellow. ... DR HASSALL
says:— "Soft and mellow, Matured, and of very Excellent Quality. ..."
2. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1815)
"... m,iy the fun refine grape's foft juice, and mellow it to wine ; With citron
groves adorn a ... mellow ..."
3. The Monitor (1879)
"When, like autumn sunshine streaming Through deep orchards, dropping fruit, Nobly
round the isle, were beaming, mellow lights on lip and lute :— Simple ..."
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