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Definition of: melic
(mel′ik) adjective
Suitable for singing, or meant to be sung: said of poetry. In ancient Greek poetry it is the successor of the elegiac and iambic forms of verse and includes the Aeolian or single–voice lyric, and the Dorian or choral lyric.
—noun Melic poetry. Compare ELEGIAC and IAMBIC. [<Gk. melikos <melos song]
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