melodic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: me=lod=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

melodic, a. [L. melodicus, Gr. : cf. F. mélodique.].

 Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

melodic, adj.
1 of or relating to melody.
2 having or producing melody.

Idiom

melodic minor a scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending.

Derivative

melodically adv.

Etymology

F m{eacute}lodique f. LL melodicus f. Gk meloidikos (as MELODY)

THESAURUS

melodic

achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, canorous, cantabile, catchy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fine-toned, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, honeyed, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuned, tuneful