Definition of Melodious

1. Adjective. Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune.

Exact synonyms: Tuneful
Derivative terms: Melodiousness, Melody, Melody, Tunefulness
Antonyms: Tuneless

2. Adjective. Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody. "The melodious song of a meadowlark"

Definition of Melodious

1. a. Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

Definition of Melodious

1. Adjective. Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Melodious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodious

melodic line
melodic minor scale
melodic minor scales
melodic phrase
melodic theme
melodica
melodically
melodicas
melodicism
melodics
melodidymus
melodies
melodiograph
melodion
melodions
melodious (current term)
melodiously
melodiousness
melodiousnesses
melodise
melodised
melodises
melodising
melodist
melodists
melodize
melodized
melodizer
melodizers
melodizes

Literary usage of Melodious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Of all things else comes sweet satiety; Of love, and slumber, and melodious song, And dance delicious ; things of more delight And more to be desired than ..."

2. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"That cheerful one who knoweth all The songs of all the winged choristers, And in one sequence of melodious sounds Pours all its music." SOUTHEY. ..."

3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"All the modern languages," said he, " cannot furnish so melodious a line as ... melodious ..."

4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"century, is said to be of popular origin ; it is melodious and rhythmical, it has a refrain, and the tirât little phrase is four times repeated. ..."

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