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Sustaining the pronunciation of a word or phrase because of its pleasant
sound. A figure apparent in delivery. |
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I have no
idea what "mellifluous" means, but just saying it does me a world of good:
"mel-li-flu-ous." Mmmm. |
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- onomatopoeia
Like tasis onomatopoeia gives attention to the significance of the
sound a word makes, although it is concerned not with euphony but
with making a sound of a word correspond with its semantic content.
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Sources: |
Sherry (1550)
37 ("tasis," "extensio") |
