"fellifluous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fellifluous [comparative], most fellifluous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin fellifluus, from fel (“gall”) + fluere (“to flow”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fellifluus}} Latin fellifluus Head templates: {{en-adj}} fellifluous (comparative more fellifluous, superlative most fellifluous)
  1. (uncommon) Full of bile or gall; audacious. Tags: uncommon
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