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Definition: MELLIGENOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having the qualities of honey.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb melligenously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(melligenously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective melligenous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Melligenous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Melligenous \Mel*lig"e*nous\, adjective. [Latin expression mel, mellis -genous.]. (references)

Definition: MELLIGENOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having the qualities of honey.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb melligenously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(melligenously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective melligenous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "MELLIGENOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Melligenous \Mel*lig"e*nous\, adjective. [Latin expression mel, mellis -genous.]. (references)