mellifluousness

Updated: November 28, 2025

This is private property, sir; you ought to know that. 'I do know, said the old gentleman, laying his finger on his nose, with an air of familiarity, most reprehensible, 'that this is a sacred and enchanted spot, where the most divine charms' here he kissed his hand and bowed again 'waft mellifluousness over the neighbours' gardens, and force the fruit and vegetables into premature existence.

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby