/mooh yay"/ , adj. Phonet.
1. palatal or palatalized, esp. referring to sounds spelled ll and ñ in Spanish, gl and gn in Italian, etc.
2. (of French sounds) spelled l or ll and pronounced as a y sound.
[ 1825-35; mouiller to wet molliare to soften by wetting, deriv. of L mollis soft; see MOLLIFY ]