MELODIST
Mel"o*dist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mélodiste.]
Defn: A composer or singer of melodies.
MELODIZE
Mel"o*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melodized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Melodizing.]
Defn: To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
MELODIZE
Mel"o*dize, v. i.
Defn: To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
MELODRAMA
Mel`o*dra"ma, n. Etym: [F. mélodrame, fr. Gr.
Defn: Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
MELODRAMATIC
Mel`o*dra*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mélodramatique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. — Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.