meller

See also: Meller

English

Etymology

A shortening of melodrama +‎ -er (“Variety -er”)

Noun

meller (plural mellers)

1. (entertainment industry) A melodrama.
   • 1952 November, Groff Conklin, Galaxy Science Fiction, page 122, column 1:

     It pulls together first-rate pseudo-science and high-grade detective meller of the Spillane school (but entirely clean) and the result is fine read-and-forget entertainment.

Latin

Verb

meller

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mellō

Middle English

Noun

meller

1. alternative form of mylnere

Old French

Verb

meller

1. alternative form of mesler

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ell, *-ells, *-ellt are modified to el, eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of meller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		meller			avoir mellé
gerund		en mellant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mellant
past participle		mellé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mel	melles	melle	mellons	mellez	mellent
	imperfect	melloie, melleie, melloe, melleve	melloies, melleies, melloes, melleves	melloit, melleit, mellot, melleve	melliiens, melliens	melliiez, melliez	melloient, melleient, melloent, mellevent
	preterite	mellai	mellas	mella	mellames	mellastes	mellerent
	future	mellerai	melleras	mellera	mellerons	melleroiz, mellereiz, mellerez	melleront
	conditional	melleroie, mellereie	melleroies, mellereies	melleroit, mellereit	melleriiens, melleriens	melleriiez, melleriez	melleroient, mellereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mel	meaus	meaut	mellons	mellez	mellent
	imperfect	mellasse	mellasses	mellast	mellissons, mellissiens	mellissoiz, mellissez, mellissiez	mellassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	melle	—	mellons	mellez	—