Definition of Mellower

1. Adjective. (comparative of mellow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mellower

1. mellow [adj] - See also: mellow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellower

mellitic
mellitic acid
mellitose
mellitum
mellon
mellone
mellonide
mellonides
mellophone
mellophones
mellotron
mellotrons
mellow
mellow out
mellowed
mellower (current term)
mellowest
mellowing
mellowingly
mellowly
mellowness
mellownesses
mellows
mellowy
mells
melluco
melocervicoplasty
melocotoon
melodeon
melodeons

Literary usage of Mellower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"To him -who wandere o'er the upland leas, The blackbird's noto comes mellower from the dale, And sweeter from the sky the gladsome lark Warbles his ..."

2. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1902)
"Sole leather is said to be improved in appearance, made mellower in fibre and gains weight by passing through the following treatment: The sides, ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"About 3 to 4 cwt. of a judicious mixture is used for each pit, the mellower material predominating in the earlier liquors and the most astringent in the ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"... (as he did John Jones's "mellower song,"*)—was it to you that Wordsworth delivered so injurious a judgment on the works of your patron ? ..."

5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"... is a thing of mellower growth. It is a solvent and not an excitant. It does not stimulate to sublime effort : but it can cool raging passion. ..."

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