| genus melilotus | (n) Old World herbs: the sweet clovers |
| lilo | (n) a type of inflatable air mattress |
| lilongwe | (n) the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi, Syn. capital of Malawi |
| melilotus | (n) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement, Syn. melilot, sweet clover |
| soliloquy | (n) speech you make to yourself, Syn. monologue |
| soliloquy | (n) a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections |
| monologuize | (v) talk to oneself, Syn. soliloquize, soliloquise, monologuise |
| white sweet clover | (n) biennial plant; valuable honey plant, Syn. white melilot, Melilotus alba |
| yellow sweet clover | (n) biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop, Syn. Melilotus officinalis |
| Alilonghi | or n. (Zool.) The tunny. See Albicore. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Alalonga |
| Melilot | n. [ F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of clover containing honey; me`li honey + &unr_; lotus. ] (Bot.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Melilotic | a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Melliloquent | a. [ L. mel, mellis honey + loquens speaking, p. pr. of loqui to speak. ] Speaking sweetly or harmoniously. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Palilogy | n. [ L. palilogia, Gr. palillogi`a; pa`lin again + le`gein to speak. ] (Rhet.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, “The living, the living, he shall praise thee.” Is. xxxviii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Soliloquize | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Soliloquized p. pr. & vb. n. Soliloquizing ] To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Soliloquy | n.; pl. Soliloquies [ L. soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See Sole ly, and Loquacious. ] 1. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue. [ 1913 Webster ] Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself. [ 1913 Webster ] The whole poem is a soliloquy. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ] |
