melleous

English

Etymology

Latin melleus (“of, pertaining to or resembling honey”), from mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɪəs/

Adjective

melleous (comparative more melleous, superlative most melleous)

  1. Pertaining to honey.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
      It was the left eye that had gone. She wore over the hollow a pad that matched her suit and also a melleous wig with a tress flowing down to her cheek.
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