Definitions for melic

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melic mel·ic

Spelling: [mel-ik]

IPA: /ˈmɛl ɪk/

Melic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in melic (ceilm).

Definitions for melic

adjective

1. intended to be sung.
2. noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry.

Origin of melic

1690-1700; Greek melikós, equivalent to mél(os) limb, song + -ikos -ic

Examples for melic

Although the metre and dialect are Dorian, the poems breathe the spirit of Aeolian melic poetry.