mielleux

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French

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Etymology

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From miel +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mjɛ.lø/ ~ /mje.lø/
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Adjective

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mielleux (feminine mielleuse, masculine plural mielleux, feminine plural mielleuses)

  1. honeyed, smooth, mellifluous (words); smooth-tongued, unctuous (person)
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:
      [À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.
      [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.
  2. sugary, sickly sweet (flavour)
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Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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miel +‎ -eux

Adjective

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mielleux m

  1. (Jersey) soft-spoken