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  • 81mellow — mel|low1 [ˈmeləu US lou] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not bright)¦ 2¦(not loud or harsh)¦ 3¦(not strong in flavour)¦ 4¦(not strict)¦ 5¦(relaxed)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from Old English melu; MEAL] 1.) ¦(NOT BRIGHT)¦ a mellow …

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  • 82mellow — {{11}}mellow (adj.) mid 15c., melwe soft, sweet, juicy (of ripe fruit), perhaps related to melowe, variant of mele ground grain (see MEAL (Cf. meal) (2)), influenced by M.E. merow soft, tender, from O.E. mearu. Meaning slightly drunk is from… …

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  • 83jazz funk —    Jazz funk originated out of the process of mixing together sounds and rhythms from different sources, specifically the contemporary swing style of jazz in the 1950s and funk, a sort of high energy black rock ’n’ roll, which had emerged out of… …

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  • 84mellow — adjective 1》 (especially of sound, flavour, or colour) pleasantly smooth or soft.     ↘archaic (of fruit) ripe, sweet, and juicy. 2》 (of a person s character) softened by maturity or experience.     ↘relaxed and good humoured. 3》 (of earth) rich… …

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  • 85mellifluence — n. Smoothness, softness, mellowness, sweetness, sweet flow …

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  • 86mellow — 1 adjective 1 a mellow colour or light looks soft, warm, and not too bright: the mellow, golden light of early evening | mellow shades of brown and orange 2 a mellow sound is pleasant and smooth: the mellow sound of a trombone | a friendly,… …

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  • 87acerbity — *acrimony, asperity Analogous words: sourness, acidity, tartness (see corresponding adjectives at SOUR): crabbedness, surliness, dourness, saturninity (see corresponding adjectives at SULLEN): bitterness, acridity (see corresponding adjectives at …

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  • 88euphony — n melody, melodiousness, harmony, har moniousness, dulcetness, tunefulness, canorousness, lyricalness, musicality, musicalness, music; melliflu ousness, sweetness, pleasantness, pleasingness, agreeableness; smoothness, soothingness, softness,… …

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  • 89fitness — n 1. health, physical fitness, well being, salubrity; soundness, good shape, fine fettle, fine feather, tone, bloom, Inf. tiptop condition; robustness, rosiness, vigor, haleness, heartiness, lustiness. 2. appropriateness, applicability,… …

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  • 90maturity — n 1. ripeness, mellowness, softness, plumpness, roundness; full bloom or flower, florescence. 2. adulthood, grown upness, full growth, matureness; womanhood, manhood, voting age, drinking age, prime of life, heyday, middle age, old age;… …

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