MELLOWNESS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

kindheartedness through maturity or old age

Categories: Kindheartedness, Kind-heartedness

Part of speech: Noun

a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor

Categories: Taste, Taste sensation, Gustatory sensation, Taste perception, Gustatory perception

Part of speech: Noun

a soft shade of a color

Example: a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble

Categories: Shade, Tint, Tincture, Tone

Part of speech: Noun

geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana

Categories: Affability, Affableness, Amiability, Amiableness, Bonhomie, Geniality

mellow – A related word in the same word family.

ness – A related word in the same word family.

Some English words are 'fossil words'—they only survive in idioms or fixed phrases.