mellow
adjective/ˈmeləʊ/
/ˈmeləʊ/
(comparative mellower, superlative mellowest)
- (of colour or sound) soft, rich and pleasant
- mellow autumn colours
- Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere.
- The leaves looked golden in the mellow afternoon light.
- The floor was of mellow golden stone.
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- (of a taste or flavour) smooth and pleasant
- a mellow, fruity wine
- coffee with a full mellow flavour
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- (of people) calm, gentle and reasonable because of age or experience
- Dad's certainly grown mellower with age.
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- (informal) (of people) relaxed, calm and happy, especially after drinking alcohol
- After two glasses of wine, I was feeling mellow.
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, sweet, and juicy’): perhaps from attributive use of Old English melu, melw- (see meal ‘ground grain or pulses’). The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
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