mel´low|ly

mel´low|ly
mel|low «MEHL oh», adj, verb.
–adj.
1. ripe, soft, and with good flavor; sweet and juicy: »

a mellow apple.

2. fully matured: »

a mellow wine.

3. soft and rich; full and pure without harshness: »

a violin with a mellow tone, a mellow light in a picture, velvet with a mellow color.

4. soft, rich, and loamy: »

mellow soil.

5. Figurative. softened and made wise by age or experience: »

The baronet was…as merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound (Washington Irving).

6. affected by liquor or drinking; slightly tipsy: »

The party got gloriously mellow (Herman Melville).

–v.t., v.i.
to make or become mellow: »

The apples mellowed after we picked them.Figurative. Time had mellowed his youthful temper.

╂[Middle English melwe. See related etym. at mild (Cf. ↑mild), malt. (Cf. ↑malt)]
–mel´low|ly, adverb.
–mel´low|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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