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Traditional English :: melodeon
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meloma.html - n. (also melodion) 1 a small organ popular in the 19th c., similar to the harmonium. 2 a small German accordion, played esp. by folk musicians. [MELODY + HARMONIUM with Graecized ending] |
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Traditional English :: melodic
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meloma.html - adj. 1 of or relating to melody. 2 having or producing melody. melodic minor a scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending. lodique f. LL melodicus f. Gk meloidikos (as MELODY)] |
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Traditional English :: melodious
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meloma.html - adj. 1 of, producing, or having melody. 2 sweet-sounding. melodiously adv. melodiousness n. [ME f. OF melodieus (as MELODY)] |
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Traditional English :: melodist
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meloma.html - n.
1 a composer of melodies.
2 a singer. |
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Traditional English :: melodize
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meloma.html - v. (also -ise) 1 intr. make a melody or melodies; make sweet music. 2 tr. make melodious. |
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Traditional English :: melodrama
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meloma.html - n. 1 a sensational dramatic piece with crude appeals to the emotions and usu. a happy ending. 2 the genre of drama of this type. 3 language, behaviour, or an occurrence suggestive of this. 4 hist. a play with songs interspersed and with orchestral music accompanying the action. melodramatic adj. melodramatically adv. melodramatist n. melodramatize v.tr. (also -ise). [earlier melodrame f. F m÷lodrame f. Gk melos music + F drame DRAMA] |
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