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melliflue Adjective

[Subject: Generalities]

- littéraire (se rapportant à la parole, au discours, à un orateur) : qui coule comme du miel — soit au sens laudatif, évoquant douceur, suavité, onction [saint Bernard de Clervaux, "le Docteur melliflue"] — soit au sens péjoratif : doucereux, sucré, fade, avec connotation d'obséquiosité ou d'hypocrisie

Synonym: suave
Synonym: mielleux
Synonym: doucereux

Translated in 17 languages

Translations16
	English	mellifluous; smarmy
	Italian	mellifluo; untuoso
	Spanish	melifluo
	German	süßlich
	Arabic	حلو، عذب، سلس، رخيم
	Catalan	mel·lifu
	Danish	honningsød
	Galician	melifluo
	Gujarati	મધુર
	Hindi	मधुर
	Latin	mellifluus
	Marathi	मधुर
	Old Greek	μελίρρυτος
	Punjabi	ਮਧੁਰ
	Sanskrit	मधुर
	Venetian	dolce

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