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Etymology 1
From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).
Adjective
melic (comparative more melic, superlative most melic)
- Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse.
1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 315:I dined at their house, and in the evening, Miss Hart gave a demonstration of her musical and melic [translating melischen] talents.
Etymology 2
From translingual Melica (genus name), probably from Italian melica, meliga (“sorghum, millet”).
Noun
melic (plural melics)
- Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions.
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Etymology
Inherited from Latin umbilīcus, with rebracketing of l'omelic → lo melic.[1] Doublet of llombrígol.
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Noun
melic m (plural melics)
- navel
- Synonym: llombrígol
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 13, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Sovint em girava i una catifa de caps s'acumulava a l'alçada del meu melic.- Often I turned around and a carpet of heads gathered at the height of my navel.
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