Mellow

/ˈmɛləʊ/ · adjective

Meaning

(also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp..

Definitions by Sense

1. (also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
2. (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
3. (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
4. Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
5. Fruitful and warm.
6. Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
7. Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
8. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.

Example Sentences

a mellow apple

How can thoſe men call home the loſt ſheepe that are gone aſtray, comming into the Miniſtery before their wits be ſtaid. This greene fruite, béeing gathered before it be ripe, is rotten before it be mellow, and infected with Sciſmes before they haue learned to bridle their affections, […]

Com[inius]. Hee'l ſhake your Rome about your eares. / Mene[nius]. As Hercules did ſhake downe Mellow Fruite: You haue made faire worke.

A little longer, yet a little longer, / And Nature drops him down, without your Sin, / Like mellow Fruit, without a Winter Storm.

But Mary secretly rejoiced that the youngest of the three was very much what her father must have been when he wore a round jacket, and showed a marvellous nicety of aim in playing at marbles, or in throwing stones to bring down the mellow pears.

Ay, how fine they be in their liveries, and each of 'em as full of meat as an egg, and as sleek and as round about as a mellow codlin.

The Claret ſmooth, deep as the lip vve preſs, / In ſparkling fancy, vvhile vve drain the bovvl; / The mellovv-taſted Burgundy; and quick, / As is the vvit it gives, the bright Champaign.

[H]e was ready and willing to hear what I might have to say: his spirit was of vintage too mellow and generous to sour in one thunder-clap.

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• mellower
• more mellow
• mellowest
• most mellow
• mellows
• mellowing
• mellowed

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