Melodusæ (meloduse)

pl. [NL., Melodious hymns about the sovran throne Alternate all night long. Milton , P. L., v. 656. Acromyodi or Oscines. Tone of silver instrument Leaves on the wind melodious trace. Emerson, Forerunners. 2. Producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds. And then tempered all these knowledges and skilles with the exercise of a delectable Musicke by melodious instruments, which with all serued them to delight their hearers. Putten ham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 6. =Syn. Tuneful, sweet, dulcet. See euphony . melodiously (me-lo'di-us-li), adv. In a melo dious manner; sweetly; musically. melodiousne (me-lō'di-us-nes), n. The quality, in a sound or in music, of being pleasing to the ear; the character of having a flowing and beautiful melody. melodise, v. See melodize . melodist (mel'ō-dist), n. [= F. mélodiste ; as melody + -ist.] 1. A composer or singer of songs and melodies: sometimes opposed to harmonizer . Happy melodist , unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new. Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn. Milton was a harmonist rather than a melodist . Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 284. 2. A collection of songs, melodies, tunes, etc. melodium (me-lō'di-um), n. See melodeon. melodize (mel'ō-diz), v.; pret. and pp. melo dized, ppr. melodizing. [