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mellifluent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mel-liflu-ent
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mellifluous.

Etymology

From Latin mellifluēns.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mellifluēns

Inflected Forms

more mellifluent (comparative) most mellifluent (superlative)

Derived Forms

mellifluently

Questions

What does mellifluent mean?
Mellifluous.
Where does mellifluent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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