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adjective

Mellow adj. (compar. mellower; superl. mellowest)

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

Hence:

(a)

Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe."

(b)

Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn." "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." "The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light."

Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. "May health return to mellow age." "As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound."

Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.

verb

Mellow v. t. (past & past part. mellowed; pres. part. mellowing) To make mellow. "If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it (the ground), they do not plow it again till April." "The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age."

Mellow v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow."

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Etymology of 'Mellow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mellow" Quotes from Famous Books

... soars Above the silent shores; Dark from his rock the horseman hangs in air; And down the watery line The exiled Sphinxes pine For Karnak's morning in the mellow glare. ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 • Various

... prosperous career as a skilful and triumphant party manager; while George Clinton, softened by age, rich in favouring friends, with an ideal face for a strong, bold portrait, was basking in the soft, mellow glow that precedes the closing of a stormy life. Never before, perhaps never since, did a governor enter upon his duties, neither unusual nor important, under more favourable auspices; yet the story of Lewis' administration is a story of astonishing ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... diamond lance, and targe of gold. Their look was gentle, their demeanour bold, And green their helms, and green their silk attire; And here and there, right venerably old, The long-robed minstrels wake the warbling wire, And some with mellow breath the ...

— The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius - with some other poems • James Beattie

... like people, so I've thought, Bear character upon their faces, Born of their company and wrought Upon by inward gifts and graces: Here, through the harvest's gold array And evening's mellow far niente, Looked kindliness and work-a-day, And happy hours and ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 • Various

... the club with the officers, and they taught me a new game of cards called Solo, and filled my glass. Here were lieutenants, captains, a major, and a colonel, American citizens with a love of their country and a standard of honor; here floated our bright flag serene against the lofty blue, and the mellow horns sounded at guard-mounting, bringing moisture to the eyes. The day was punctuated with the bright trumpet, people went and came in the simple dignity of duty, and once again I talked with good men and women. God bless our soldier people! I said ...

— Red Men and White • Owen Wister

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