melic

melic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɪk/

Etymology 1

From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).

Adjective

melic (comparative more melic, superlative most melic)

1. Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse. [from 17th c.]
   • 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 315:

     I dined at their house, and in the evening, Miss Hart gave a demonstration of her musical and melic [translating melischen] talents.

Related terms

• melody
• melos

Etymology 2

From translingual Melica (genus name), probably from Italian melica, meliga (“sorghum, millet”).

Noun

melic (plural melics)

1. Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions. [from 18th c.]

Translations

grass

Finnish: helmikkä (fi) French: mélique (fr)

Anagrams

• clime

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin umbilīcus, with rebracketing of l'omelic → lo melic.[1] Doublet of llombrígol.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈlik/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /meˈlik/

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• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

melic m (plural melics)

1. navel

   Synonym: llombrígol

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 13, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Sovint em girava i una catifa de caps s'acumulava a l'alçada del meu melic.

     Often I turned around and a carpet of heads gathered at the height of my navel.

References

1. “melic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “melic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “melic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023