Mellifluous Definition
mə-lĭflo͝o-əs
adjective
Having a pleasant and fluid sound.
American Heritage
Sounding sweet and smooth; honeyed.
Mellifluous tones.
Webster's New World
Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).
Wiktionary
Flowing like honey.
Wiktionary
Origin of Mellifluous
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From Latin mellifluus (“flowing like honey"), from mel (“honey") + fluō (“flow"). Compare superfluous and fluid, from same root, and with dulcet (“sweet speech"), alternative Latinate term with similar meaning.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Late Latin mellifluus Latin mel mell- honey melit- in Indo-European roots Latin -fluus flowing bhleu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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