high, mellow
(adjective) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
mellow, mellowed
(adjective) softened through age or experience; “mellow wisdom”; “the peace of mellow age”
mellow, mellowed
(adjective) having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; “a mellow port”; “mellowed fruit”
mellow, laid-back
(adjective) unhurried and relaxed; “a mellow conversation”
mellowly, mellow
(adverb) in a mellow manner
mellow
(verb) make or grow (more) mellow; “These apples need to mellow a bit more”; “The sun mellowed the fruit”
mellow, melt, mellow out
(verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; “With age, he mellowed”
mellow
(verb) soften, make mellow; “Age and experience mellowed him over the years”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mellow (comparative mellower or more mellow, superlative mellowest or most mellow)
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated, stoned, or high.
• (tender): See soft
• (not hard): yielding; See also soft
• (not harsh): merry
• (genial): convivial, gay, genial, jovial
• (relaxed): easy-breezy, casual
• (slightly intoxicated): See drunk or stoned
mellow (plural mellows)
A relaxed mood.
mellow (third-person singular simple present mellows, present participle mellowing, simple past and past participle mellowed)
(transitive) To make mellow; to relax or soften.
(intransitive) To become mellow.
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"low, a. [Compar. Mellower; superl. Mellowest.] Etym: [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
2. Hence: (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn." Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." Thomson. The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. Percival.
3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. May health return to mellow age. Wordsworth. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving.
4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison.
Mel"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mellowing.]
Definition: To make mellow. Shak. If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. Mortimer. The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. J. C. Shairp.
Mel"low, v. i.
Definition: To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.