If you’ve ever described a singer’s voice as “smooth as honey,” then “mellifluous” is a perfect adjective to add to your vocabulary. From Latin, with “mel” meaning “honey” and “fluere” meaning “to flow,” “mellifluous” specifically describes voices and words that are pleasant and musical-sounding. The Allman Brothers Band was perhaps inspired by Latin for the mellifluous song “Melissa,” a name that shares the same sweet root word.