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<h1>Melodious</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me*lo"di*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82lodieux</ets>. See <er>Melody</er>.]</ety> <def>Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; <as>as, a <ex>melodious</ex> voice</as>.</def> "A <i>melodious</i> voice." "A <i>melodious</i> undertone." <i>Longfellow</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Me*lo"di*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Me*lo"di*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Melodist</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*dist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82lodiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A composer or singer of melodies.</def>

<h1>Melodize</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*dize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Melodized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Melodizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.</def>

<h1>Melodize</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*dize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.</def>

<h1>Melodrama</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`o*dra"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82lodrame</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ song + <?/ drama.]</ety> <def>Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; <as>as, the <ex>melodrama</ex> in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio"</as>.</def>

<h1>Melodramatic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`o*dra*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82lodramatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Melodramatist</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`o*dram"a*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.</def>

<h1>Melodrame</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*drame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Melodrama.</def>

<h1>Melody</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Melodies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>melodie</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82lodie</ets>, L. <ets>melodia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ a singing, choral song, fr. <?/ musical, melodious; <?/ song, tune + <?/ song. See <er>Ode</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.</def>

<blockquote>Lulled with sound of sweetest <b>melody</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Melody</i> consists in a succession of single tones; <i>harmony</i> is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The air or tune of a musical piece.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Harmony</er>.</syn>

<h1>Meloe</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"o*e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[ NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to probe a wound.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See <cref>Oil beetle</cref>, under <er>Oil</er>.</def>

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<h1>Melograph</h1> <Xpage=911>