mellowed

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adjective

That has become mellow.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivemellowed (comparative more mellowed, superlative most mellowed)

comparative more mellowed · superlative most mellowed

  1. That has become mellow.
    1. That has turned soft or tender by reason of ripeness.

      And when the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, / And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: […]

      c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of mellow

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging

adjectivesoftened through age or experience

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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