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melic definition

melic (mel′ik)

adjective

  1. of song or poetry, esp. early Greek lyric poetry
  2. meant to be sung; lyric

Etymology: L melicus < Gr melikos < melos, song, musical member, orig., limb < IE base *mel-, a limb > Cornish mel, a knuckle

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