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mel⋅ic

[mel-ik]
–adjective
1. intended to be sung.
2. noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Gk melikós, equiv. to mél(os) limb, song + -ikos -ic
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mel·ic   (měl'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or relating to verse that is intended to be sung, especially Greek lyric verse of the seventh to fifth century B.C.

[Greek melikos, from melos, song.]
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