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Melville¹ Definition

Mel·ville (mel′vil)

noun

a masculine name: var. Melvil

Etymology: after the surname (orig. place name)

Melville² Definition

Mel·ville (mel′vil)

Melville, Herman 1819-91; U.S. novelist

Melville³ Definition

Mel·ville (mel′vil)

  1. island of Canada in the Arctic Ocean, north of Victoria Island: 16,274 sq mi (42,149 sq km)

  2. island of Australia, off the N coast: 2,240 sq mi (5,802 sq km)

Etymology: after R. Saunders, Viscount Melville (1771-1851), First Lord of the Admiralty

Melville Quotes

He understood†Walt Whitman, who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary, and Herman Melville who split the atom of the traditional novel in the effort to make whaling a universal metaphor.

—Lodge, David John