MELIC


Meaning of MELIC in English

/mel"ik/ , adj.

1. intended to be sung.

2. noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry.

[ 1690-1700; melikós, equiv. to mél ( os ) limb, song + -ikos -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .