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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mellifluous /mɛˈlɪflʊəs/

▶adjective pleasingly smooth and musical to hear.

– derivatives
mellifluence noun,
mellifluent adjective,
mellifluously adverb,
mellifluousness noun.

– origin C15: from late L. mellifluus (from L. mel ‘honey’ + fluere ‘to flow’) + -ous.

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