(Mellifluous is sweetly or smoothly flowing, as a melody.)
It is a unusual word.
Mellifluous is an adjective used to describe any fruit of the melon family that has become watery with age and exuding mellifluid. "Princess, would you be splendid and toss out that cantaloupe in the Frigidaire?" "What for ever for, Kitten?" "I fear it has become mellifluous."
mellifluous-adjective1.sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.2.flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.
It is unexpected, but not wrong. Mellifluous usually refers to sounds and voices, but it actually means "flowing with honey."
The word "mellifluous" comes from the Latin words "mel" meaning honey, and "fluere" meaning to flow. Put together, "mellifluous" describes something as sweetly flowing or smooth in sound, like honey.
A mellifluous couple is a couple who are polite & cordial to each other, and whose relationship appears to be & symbiotic.
mellifluous
mellifluous and cacophonous
Mellifluous, as in smoothly flowing. (mell-if-flew-us.)
Some words with the prefix "mel" include melancholy, melodious, melodrama, and melodious.
dulcet, harmonious, musical, choral, mellifluous, melodious, poetic, songful, songlike, tuneful, euphonious, orchestral, symphonious, rhapsodic