noun
Meaning 1
The property of being mellow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mellow
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mellowness
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US: /ˈmɛloʊnəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality
noun
Meaning 3
a soft shade of a color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shade, tint, tincture, tone
noun
Meaning 4
the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall
- the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
- he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fullness, richness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property
noun
Meaning 5
a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
noun
Meaning 6
kindheartedness through maturity or old age
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kindheartedness, kind-heartedness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English mellow Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English mellowness From mellow + -ness.