mellowed

adj — 2 senses

mellowed

adj

Etymology From mellow + -ed.

1

That has become mellow.

2

Of fruit That has turned soft or tender by reason of ripeness.

  • And when the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, / And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
Derived terms
mellowedness, unmellowed

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