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Designed to be sung
Answer for the clue "Designed to be sung ", 5 letters:
melic
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Word definitions for melic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Melic \Mel"ic\, [Gr. ?, fr. ? song.] Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse n. Any of various grasses, of the genus (taxlink Melica genus noshow=1), from north temperate regions
Usage examples of melic.
Callimachus, and Horace from melic poets such as Sappho and Alcaeus, avowedly.
Acomat caused his nephew, Argon, to be confined and closely guarded, and, being a man given to his pleasures, he returned to his court to enjoy the society of the fair ladies who were there, leaving the command of the army to a great melic, or chief, with strict orders to keep Argon closely guarded, and to follow him to court by short marches, so as not to fatigue his men.