mellifluous的词源

英文词源

mellifluous

mellifluous: see flux, molasses

mellifluous (adj.)

early 15c., "sweet, pleasing" (of an odor, a style of speaking or writing, etc.), from Late Latin mellifluus "flowing with (or as if with) honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (related to Greek meli "honey;" see Melissa) + -fluus "flowing," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Related: Melifluously; melifluousness.

中文词源

mellifluous：甜美流畅的

来自拉丁语mellifluus,流淌的蜂蜜，来自mel,蜜，词源同molasses,-flu,流动，词源同fluent.引申词义甜美流畅的。

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