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Noun: mellowness  me-low-nus
  1. A feeling of good humour and sympathy through maturity, intoxication or a relaxed state
     
  2. A taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavour
     
  3. The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
    "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness";
    - fullness, richness, fulness
     
  4. A soft shade of a colour
    "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble"
     
  5. Geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana

Type of: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, compassion, compassionateness, geniality, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, property, shade, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, tincture, tint, tone

Encyclopedia: Mellowness