Mellifluousness
/ˌmɛlɪˈfluːəsnəs/noun
The quality of sounding smooth, sweet, and musical.
Did you know?Its roots come from Latin words for “honey” and “flowing,” and English later turned that image into a term for voices that seem almost enchanted.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
mellifluus
“flowing with honey; sweet like honey”
Late Latin
Latin
mellifluus + -ness
“the state or quality of being honey-flowing”
Middle English
English
mellifluous
“sweetly flowing in sound or speech”
17th Century
English
mellifluousness
“the quality of being sweetly flowing in speech or sound”
Modern English
English
mellifluousness
“the quality of sounding smooth, sweet, and musical”
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