mellifluousness

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Noun

mellifluousness (uncountable)

1. The property of being mellifluous.
   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":

     "You should read Spanish," he said. "It is a noble tongue. It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood."

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