meller

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noun

A melodrama.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

meller1

nounmeller (plural mellers)

plural mellers

  1. economicsA melodrama.

    It pulls together first-rate pseudo-science and high-grade detective meller of the Spillane school (but entirely clean) and the result is fine read-and-forget entertainment.

    1952 November 28, Groff Conklin, Galaxy Science Fiction, page 122, column 1

Meller2

proper nounMeller (plural Mellers)

plural Mellers

Origin

A shortening of melodrama + -er (“Variety -er”)

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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