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mellower |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mellow \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.] [OE. melwe; cf AS mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch and E. meal flour.] 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as a mellow apple. 2. Hence: a Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as a mellow soil. ``Mellow glebe.'' --Drayton b Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc ``The mellow horn.'' --Wordsworth. ``The mellow-tasted Burgundy.'' --Thomson. The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. --Percival. 3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. May health return to mellow age. --Wordsworth. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. 4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.
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