Definition of Mellowness

1. Noun. Kindheartedness through maturity or old age.

Generic synonyms: Kind-heartedness, Kindheartedness
Derivative terms: Mellow

2. Noun. A taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor.

3. Noun. The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing. "He was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"
Exact synonyms: Fullness, Richness
Generic synonyms: Property
Derivative terms: Full, Mellow, Rich

4. Noun. A soft shade of a color. "A mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble"
Generic synonyms: Shade, Tincture, Tint, Tone
Derivative terms: Mellow

5. Noun. Geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana.
Generic synonyms: Affability, Affableness, Amiability, Amiableness, Bonhomie, Geniality
Derivative terms: Mellow, Mellow

Definition of Mellowness

1. n. Quality or state of being mellow.

Definition of Mellowness

1. Noun. The property of being mellow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mellowness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellowness

mellone
mellonide
mellonides
mellophone
mellophones
mellotron
mellotrons
mellow
mellow out
mellowed
mellower
mellowest
mellowing
mellowingly
mellowly
mellowness (current term)
mellownesses
mellows
mellowy
mells
melluco
melocervicoplasty
melocotoon
melodeon
melodeons
melodeum
melodia
melodias
melodic
melodic line

Literary usage of Mellowness

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"From Lucas of Leyden Raimondi also learned much; his burin gained in mellowness from engraving .... mellowness ..."

2. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"There is a softness and mellowness about the character which is wanting in the clear cut metallic type. PROVERBS—It has been said that 'a Chinese pro verb ..."

3. The Gardener's Text-book: Containing Practical Directions Upon the Formation by Peter Adam Schenck (1851)
"DEPTH AND mellowness OF THE SOIL. Depth and mellowness of soil may be considered the principal characteristics of successful gardening. ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"I mellowness and shrillness is only one of the components— that component ... There are of course many more combinations of mellowness and shrillness than ..."

5. Little Classics: With Initiative Steps in Vocal Training for Oral English by Samuel Silas Curry (1912)
"mellowness OF TONE Skies may be dark with storm While fierce the north wind blows, Yet earth at heart is warm And the snowdrift hides the rose. ..."

6. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"... —Surface—Strength—Litho papers—Discoloration—Deterioration—Lowering of colour—Oxidation—Effects of rosin—mellowness—Dulness—Time of keeping. ..."

7. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"... —Surface—Strength—Litho papers—Discoloration—Deterioration—Lowering of colour—Oxidation—Effects of rosin—mellowness—Dulness—Time of keeping. ..."

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