/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 ]
/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 . 2012