OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14679

mellow

/ˈmɛləʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
blando • mantecoso
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
A little longer, yet a little longer, / And Nature drops him down, without your Sin, / Like mellow Fruit, without a Winter Storm.
a mellow apple
ameno
Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, / Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; / Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, / There is no living with thee,…
The Baronet was when I saw him as merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound; and the love he had once felt for one woman had spread itself over the whole sex; so th…