melleous

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/ˈmɛlɪəs/

adjective

Pertaining to honey.

OriginLatin melleus →
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Meanings

adjectivemelleous (comparative more melleous, superlative most melleous)

comparative more melleous · superlative most melleous

  1. Pertaining to honey.

    It was the left eye that had gone. She wore over the hollow a pad that matched her suit and also a melleous wig with a tress flowing down to her cheek.

    1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Origin

  1. Latinmelleus“of, pertaining to or resembling honey”
  2. Englishmelleous

From Latin melleus (“of, pertaining to or resembling honey”), from mel (“honey”).

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APA

melleous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melleous

MLA

“melleous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melleous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melleous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melleous.

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