mellowed

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English

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Etymology

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From mellow +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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mellowed (comparative more mellowed, superlative most mellowed)

  1. That has become mellow.
    1. (of fruit) That has turned soft or tender by reason of ripeness.
      • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], 2nd edition, part 1, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
        And when the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, / And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: []

Verb

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mellowed

  1. simple past and past participle of mellow