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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mellow \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.]
     [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig
     soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
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     1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
        pulp; as, a mellow apple.


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     2. Hence:
        (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
            mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." --Drayton
        (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
            delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
            "The mellow horn." --Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted
            Burgundy." --Thomson.
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                  The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues
                  Heaven with all freaks of light.  --Percival.
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     3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
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              May health return to mellow age.      --Wordsworth.
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              As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
              a hound.                              --W. Irving.
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     4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.
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