Definitions
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
Word origin
From Middle English melodie, melodye, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
Used in a sentence
“Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.”
“There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.”
“Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.”
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